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Rendering of 192 laser beams as they reach the target in the center of the National Ignition Facility’s Target Chamber

Physics

Nuclear fusion reaction releases almost twice the energy put in

The US National Ignition Facility has achieved even higher energy yields since breaking even for the first time in 2022, but a practical fusion reactor is still a long way off

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A floating solar power plant on the Cirata Reservoir, West Java in Indonesia

Environment

Floating solar power booms in South-East Asia as land becomes scarce

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Environment

Insects thrive on solar farms planted with native flowers

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Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Joe Biden

Technology

How the US and China talking AI safety could reduce nuclear war risk

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The offshore jack-up installation vessel Voltaire

Environment

World’s largest offshore wind farm sends first power to UK grid

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Flowers in a prairie field with mountains in the background

Environment

Can massive solar power expansion regenerate the US’s iconic prairies?

Features

Oxygen-28 has 8 protons and 20 neutrons

Physics

Super-heavy oxygen hints at problem with the laws of physics

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Turtles can accumulate radioactive material in their shells

Life

Turtles keep a record of nuclear activity in their shells

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Environment

The renewable energy revolution is happening faster than you think

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Technology

Nuclear fusion breakthrough: Is cheap, clean energy finally here?

A report in the Financial Times suggests that the US National Ignition Facility has produced a fusion reaction with a net gain in energy, but what does that mean?

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Technology

Oppenheimer: What led to the physicist's downfall?

Culture

Technology

Solar panels could be about to get much better at capturing sunlight

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Environment

Should Japan dump Fukushima's radioactive water into the ocean?

Analysis

Technology

Situation at Ukrainian nuclear plant is dangerous, IAEA boss warns

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