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Environment

Japan steps up climate ambition with 2050 net zero emissions goal

The Japanese government has said it will cut the country’s carbon emissions to net zero by 2050, in the latest sign of growing momentum on international climate action

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Water storage tanks

Environment

Should Japan dump radioactive water from Fukushima into the ocean?

Analysis

Safe, extra long-life nuclear batteries could soon be a reality

Technology

Safe, extra long-life nuclear batteries could soon be a reality

Features

Pinwheels

Technology

Device can harvest wind energy from the breeze made when you walk

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Windows become transparent solar panels with added nanoparticles

Technology

Windows become transparent solar panels with added nanoparticles

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Tiehm's buckwheat

Life

Rare plant may prevent the first lithium quarry in the US from opening

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Physics

Blue whirl that consumes all fuel it encounters is three flames in one

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bricks and LED

Physics

Ordinary bricks laced with conductive fibres can store energy

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Perovskite solar cells

Technology

Changing how we make solar panels could reduce their carbon emissions

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Moore's law

Definition

Moore's law

The idea that the amount of computing power that engineers can squeeze onto a single chip doubles at regular intervals.

Environment

Europe wants to use hydrogen to slow climate change - will it work?

Analysis

Technology

Water-filled windows could keep your home cool and save energy

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Physics

Taming nuclear fusion is hard, but there are new reasons for optimism

Leader

Physics

Why cracking nuclear fusion will depend on artificial intelligence

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