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A serviceman with a Russian flag on his uniform stands guard near the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in the course of Ukraine-Russia conflict outside the Russian-controlled city of Enerhodar in the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine August 4, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko - RC2LPV9MUYER

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Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant 'not designed to withstand fighting'

A scientist in Ukraine warns that the reactor at Europe’s largest nuclear power station is designed to protect against some threats, but not shelling

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Flying at some 65,000ft, the ultra-lightweight Zephyr S is uniquely capable of providing persistent surveillance or communications over the same area of land or sea for weeks at a time without landing.

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Zephyr solar-powered drone smashes record with 2-month-long flight

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Roasting green chile on top of Sandia National Laboratories? National Solar Thermal Test Facility. Roasting green chile with concentrated sunlight instead of propane produces flavorful chile and reduces carbon dioxide emissions.

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Roasting green chillies in the sun could pave way for solar cooking

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Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant

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Russian shelling at Ukrainian nuclear plant risks 'another Chernobyl'

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The GE-Alstom Block Island Wind Farm stands in the water off Block Island, Rhode Island, U.S., on Wednesday, Sept, 14, 2016. The installation of five 6-megawatt offshore-wind turbines at the Block Island project gives turbine supplier GE-Alstom first-mover advantage in the U.S. over its rivals Siemens and MHI-Vestas. Photographer: Eric Thayer/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Environment

Unexploded munitions found at first large US offshore wind farm sites

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Thousands of coral larvae ‘planted’ under offshore wind turbine

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NuScale Power Plant Design

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Mini nuclear power stations may produce more waste than large ones

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Chemistry

Adding tomato pigment to solar panels increases their efficiency

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A solar power plant at night

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Solar panels that work at night produce enough power to charge a phone

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space satellite with solar panels

Environment

UK government backs plan to harvest solar power from space

Science minister George Freeman says he won't write a cheque for pioneering plans to beam energy down from a solar array in orbit, but the UK government will offer its support

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Technology

Static electricity can keep desert solar panels free of dust

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Physics

Chernobyl radiation spike probably from Russian tanks disturbing dust

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Technology

Risk of nuclear disaster is minimal as Russian forces reach Chernobyl

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Technology

DeepMind uses AI to control plasma inside tokamak fusion reactor

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