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Taming nuclear fusion is hard, but there are new reasons for optimism

Physics

Taming nuclear fusion is hard, but there are new reasons for optimism

Technological advances, greater investment and growing political interest in addressing climate change mean the dream of harnessing nuclear fusion for energy may finally become a reality

Leader

Why cracking nuclear fusion will depend on artificial intelligence

Physics

Why cracking nuclear fusion will depend on artificial intelligence

Features

A strange mix of people keep sneaking into Chernobyl

Humans

A strange mix of people keep sneaking into Chernobyl

Culture

Solar Panels in Germany

Technology

Two-sided solar panels that track the sun produce a third more energy

News

Mega solar plant uses 170,000 mirrors to generate heat for electricity

Technology

Mega solar plant uses 170,000 mirrors to generate heat for electricity

Regulars

Places around England compete to host underground nuclear waste dump

Technology

Places around England compete to host underground nuclear waste dump

News

Radioactive review: A reimagining of Marie Curie's luminous legacy

Physics

Radioactive review: A reimagining of Marie Curie's luminous legacy

Culture

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Environment

We need nuclear power to fight climate change, but is it doomed?

Insight

JET fusion reactor

Technology

UK nuclear fusion reactor will fire up for the first time in 23 years

News

Metallic hydrogen would be the ultimate fuel - if we can make it

Technology

Metallic hydrogen would be the ultimate fuel - if we can make it

The universe’s most common element could also be its most wondrous. Two different groups of researchers say they've made it - but can either claim withstand scrutiny?

Features

Technology

Punching holes in solar cells turns them into transparent windows

News

Environment

Australia’s push for hydrogen power may prop up fossil fuel industry

News

Technology

Massive solar panels in Chilean desert point to our renewable future

Regulars

Physics

Don’t miss: Art meets science, atoms find love and numbers grow curves

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