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Renewable energy

Durian fruit

Technology

World’s stinkiest fruit could make super-fast electric chargers

Durian fruits, famous for their bad smell, could be used to make electrodes in ultra-fast chargers for electric cars and gadgets

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Car charging

Technology

AI could help make fast-charging, long-lasting electric car batteries

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Cobalt mining

Technology

Can we quit cobalt batteries fast enough to make electric cars viable?

Analysis

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Environment

Oil giant BP says it will cut carbon emissions to net zero by 2050

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nuclear facility

Environment

We need nuclear power to fight climate change, but is it doomed?

Insight

sheep farming

Society

Getting Brexit done: Six huge science issues the UK must resolve

Insight

A new battery could keep your phone charged for five days

Technology

A new battery could keep your phone charged for five days

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Metallic hydrogen would be the ultimate fuel - if we can make it

Technology

Metallic hydrogen would be the ultimate fuel - if we can make it

Features

Are dark matter and dark energy related in anything apart from name?

Physics

Are dark matter and dark energy related in anything apart from name?

Comment

transparent solar cell

Technology

Punching holes in solar cells turns them into transparent windows

Opaque solar panels could be turned into window glass for tall buildings by punching hundreds of tiny holes in them so our eyes perceive them as transparent

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Space

Dark energy: Understanding the mystery force that rules the universe

Features

Video

Why neutrinos could answer some of the biggest questions in the cosmos

Video

Video

The hunt for dark matter: Solving the universe's big questions

Video

Environment

It’s getting windier and that could be good news for renewable energy

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