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Algae's solar electrons hijacked to steal power

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Algae's solar electrons hijacked to steal power

Sticking an electrode into a photosynthesising cell makes it possible to draw off power from light

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Crystals + sound + water = clean hydrogen fuel

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Crystals + sound + water = clean hydrogen fuel

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Metal mist clears for fusion power

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The blessing and curse of choice

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Electric cars jostle for position on the power grid

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Electric cars jostle for position on the power grid

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Feeling animals' pain

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Kees van Deemter: The importance of being vague

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The mysterious case of the frogs' legs

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A defuser's guide to the population explosion

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Nanotube cuff is 'solar cell' for exhaust pipes

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Nanotube cuff is 'solar cell' for exhaust pipes

A new material based on nanotubes matches the efficiency of solar cells – but scavenges power from heat leaking from hot pipes, not sunlight

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US still responsible for most CO₂ emissions

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Extreme physics and the ends of the earth

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The self-charging cellphone

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The US is lagging on nuclear reactor technology

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