A 1.9 billion-year-old bedrock will soon house the world's first permanent nuclear waste site
With the push of a button, the elevator descends hundreds of meters in seconds into the dark depths of Onkalo.
Apr 9, 2026
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Energy & Green Tech
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Energy & Green Tech
States are struggling to meet their clean energy goals. Data centers are to blame
Nevada's largest utility says it will need three times the electricity required to power Las Vegas just to handle proposed data centers—and it probably can't do that without fossil fuels.
Apr 9, 2026
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Engineering
Safer sodium battery eliminates thermal runaway with a heat-triggered polymer barrier
Some batteries have been known to catch fire or explode at high temperatures or when under stress. This safety concern has pushed researchers to experiment with different ways to design safer batteries that can ideally still ...
Energy & Green Tech
New hydrogen fuel cell design could unlock key clean energy technology
UNSW researchers have redesigned hydrogen fuel cells to solve a critical flaw, bringing clean energy for aviation, heavy transport and beyond closer to reality. Hydrogen fuel cells, using locally produced green hydrogen as ...
Apr 8, 2026
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Hardware
Prototype chip could boost efficiency of power management in data centers
In an effort to meet the rising energy demands of data centers, engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a new chip design that could improve how graphics processing units (GPUs) convert and manage ...
Apr 8, 2026
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Cheaper thermoelectrics? Silver selenide approaches performance level of commercial materials
Thermoelectric (TE) materials, which can directly convert heat into electricity and vice versa, are attracting significant attention as key energy technologies for applications such as electronic cooling and waste heat recovery. ...
Apr 8, 2026
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Energy & Green Tech
Study maps regions with the greatest potential for green hydrogen production and use in Brazil
A study analyzing data from thousands of Brazilian municipalities identified regions with the greatest potential for producing and using green hydrogen, a fuel considered strategic for decarbonizing emission-intensive industrial ...
Apr 8, 2026
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Energy & Green Tech
Research examines economic patterns linked to local renewable energy restrictions in Indiana
A new policy brief from Ball State University's Center for Business and Economic Research (CBER) examines how county-level restrictions on utility-scale wind and solar development in Indiana are associated with employment, ...
Apr 8, 2026
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Engineering
Solar-powered device disinfects drinking water in under an hour
For many people living in developed nations, towns and cities take care of ensuring that residents' water is clean and safe. Municipalities have advanced filters and UV light disinfection technologies at their disposal. Some ...
Apr 7, 2026
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Energy & Green Tech
How electric cars could help tropical cities run on solar
In tropical cities, afternoon thunderstorms can plunge entire neighborhoods into brief moments of darkness. When civil engineer Markus Schläpfer moved to Singapore a decade ago, he recognized these thunderstorms as an emerging ...
Apr 7, 2026
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