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World's biggest onshore wind turbine blades unveiled in China

A Chinese company is building wind turbines with 131-metre-long blades, the longest ever used in an onshore power plant

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Rendering of 192 laser beams as they reach the target in the center of the National Ignition Facility’s Target Chamber

Physics

Nuclear fusion reaction releases almost twice the energy put in

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A floating solar power plant on the Cirata Reservoir, West Java in Indonesia

Environment

Floating solar power booms in South-East Asia as land becomes scarce

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Environment

Insects thrive on solar farms planted with native flowers

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Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Joe Biden

Technology

How the US and China talking AI safety could reduce nuclear war risk

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The offshore jack-up installation vessel Voltaire

Environment

World’s largest offshore wind farm sends first power to UK grid

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Flowers in a prairie field with mountains in the background

Environment

Can massive solar power expansion regenerate the US’s iconic prairies?

Features

Oxygen-28 has 8 protons and 20 neutrons

Physics

Super-heavy oxygen hints at problem with the laws of physics

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Turtles can accumulate radioactive material in their shells

Life

Turtles keep a record of nuclear activity in their shells

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Environment

The renewable energy revolution is happening faster than you think

Both China and the US, the world's top carbon emitters, are racing ahead with solar panels and wind turbines. It is even looking like we may soon see the beginning of the end for fossil fuels

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Nuclear fusion breakthrough: Is cheap, clean energy finally here?

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Oppenheimer: What led to the physicist's downfall?

Culture

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Solar panels could be about to get much better at capturing sunlight

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Environment

Should Japan dump Fukushima's radioactive water into the ocean?

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