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We could get most metals for clean energy without opening new mines

An analysis of active US mines finds they already collect virtually all of the minerals the country needs for batteries, solar panels and wind turbines – but these critical minerals mostly go to waste

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Physics

Nuclear fusion gets a boost from a controversial debunked experiment

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In the village of Tshabula, villagers search for cobalt and copper in the waste tailings dumped by the lorries of the Chinese company Commus, which extracts minerals from one of the town's largest open-cast mines.

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Mining for renewable tech inflicts huge damage. Is there a solution?

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Chemistry

How superheavy chemistry could rearrange the periodic table

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Environment

We can repurpose retired coal plants to produce green energy

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Environment

Rust-based battery connects to an electricity grid for the first time

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Environment

California bets on iron-salt battery power to protect against wildfire

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Environment

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

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Could old mines host all the solar energy we need?

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Could old mines host all the solar energy we need?

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Environment

Climate could warm another 0.5°C if we fail to capture far more CO2

Models suggest that meeting climate targets will be virtually impossible without steep emissions cuts paired with a huge expansion of carbon management technologies

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Environment

What will be the climate fallout from Trump's 'big beautiful bill'?

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Physics

Could Israel's bombing trigger a nuclear accident in Iran?

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Earth

Could natural hydrogen from underground help the UK get to net zero?

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Earth

The prospectors hunting hydrogen along a US continental rift

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