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Environment

Electric vehicle owners could earn thousands by supporting power grid

Electric vehicles could store renewable energy when there is excess supply and give it back to the grid when demand peaks, but car companies disagree on the best way to do that

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Environment

Will war in the Middle East accelerate the clean energy transition?

Analysis

Physics

The mystery of how volcanic lightning happens has been solved

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Environment

This state’s power prices are plummeting as it nears 100% renewables

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Physics

Electrons inside graphene have been pushed to supersonic speeds

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Solar panels installed in wild brush land near Worcester, Western Cape, South Africa.

Environment

What made solar power the most desirable energy source on the planet?

Comment

Physics

Why simple tasks like charging your phone rely on quantum measurements

Comment

Physics

We have detected a single electron with unprecedented speed

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Chemistry

��˾þ�s created a new carbon molecule for the second time ever

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Earth

Longest lightning ‘mega-flash’ sets a shocking new record

A stroke of lighting that lasted more than 7 seconds and flashed across 829 kilometres is officially the longest ever recorded

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Environment

AI demand could drive up US electricity bills – even if it fizzles

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Physics

Solving the 250-year-old puzzle of how static electricity works

Features

Environment

Extreme heat poses Spanish-style blackout threat to UK electrical grid

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Environment

Rain could be a clean way of generating lots of electricity

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