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nuclear power

Technology

Modular nuclear reactors sound great, but won't be ready any time soon

The UK government has announced a raft of tiny nuclear power projects, while Russia, China and a host of tech giants are also betting big on small nuclear reactor designs. Does the idea make sense and can they really be built any time soon?

Analysis

Chemistry

Sun-powered device extracts lithium without wrecking the environment

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Environment

Why solar power is the only viable power source in the long run

Analysis

Physics

Nuclear fusion gets a boost from a controversial debunked experiment

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TOPSHOT - This photo taken on August 16, 2022 shows solar panels among Sichuan pepper field in Bijie, in China's southwestern Guizhou province. (Photo by AFP) / China OUT (Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images)

Environment

Bill McKibben makes a powerful pitch for solar in optimistic new book

Culture

Chemistry

How superheavy chemistry could rearrange the periodic table

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Earth

Deep-living microbes could 'eat' energy generated by earthquakes

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Skydweller Aero

Technology

Solar drone with wingspan wider than jumbo jet could fly for months

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Could old mines host all the solar energy we need?

Environment

Could old mines host all the solar energy we need?

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Technology

Cyberattacks could exploit home solar panels to disrupt power grids

The growth of domestic solar installations opens the possibility of hackers targeting their smart inverter devices as a way to cause widespread power-system failures

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Physics

Could Israel's bombing trigger a nuclear accident in Iran?

Analysis

Earth

Could natural hydrogen from underground help the UK get to net zero?

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Earth

The prospectors hunting hydrogen along a US continental rift

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Physics

Physicist Frank Close's new book is a welcome rework of the atomic age

Culture

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