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This startup just hit a big milestone for green steel production
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This artificial leaf makes hydrocarbons out of carbon dioxide
For many years, researchers have been working to build devices that can mimic photosynthesis—the process by which plants use sunlight and carbon...
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The cheapest way to supercharge America’s power grid
US electricity consumption is rising faster than it has in decades, thanks in part to the boom in data center development, the resurgence in...
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The best time to stop a battery fire? Before it starts.
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One option for electric vehicle fires? Let them burn.
In the fall of 2024, a trucking company in Falls Township, Pennsylvania, temporarily stored a storm-damaged Tesla at its yard. A few weeks later,...
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What’s driving electricity demand? It isn’t just AI and data centers.
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What a major battery fire means for the future of energy storage
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What a return to supersonic flight could mean for climate change
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Supersonic planes are inching toward takeoff. That could be a problem.
Boom Supersonic broke the sound barrier in a test flight of its XB-1 jet last week, marking an early step in a potential return for supersonic...
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Three questions about the future of US climate tech under Trump
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Why the next energy race is for underground hydrogen
It might sound like something straight out of the 19th century, but one of the most cutting-edge areas in energy today involves drilling deep...
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A new company plans to use Earth as a chemical reactor
Forget massive steel tanks—some scientists want to make chemicals with the help of rocks deep beneath Earth’s surface. New research shows...