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A team of Oxford scientists found a way to take carbon dioxide and turn it back into jet fuel, potentially cleaning up the aviation industry.

Oxford Scientists Turn Carbon Dioxide Into Jet Fuel

By Dan Robitzski

Finland's Olkiluoto nuclear power plant had a close call Thursday, initiating an emergency shutdown after one of its reactors leaked.

There Was a Close Call at a Nuclear Power Plant Today

By Dan Robitzski

Aptera Motors says its upcoming electric car may never need to be plugged in thanks to solar panels that give it 45 miles of extra range every day.

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Startup Says Solar-Powered Electric Car Never Needs to Charge

By Dan Robitzski

A team of scientists built miniature living factories where photosynthetic algae produce viable hydrogen, all inside a droplet of water.

Scientists Create Living Factories That Churn Out Hydrogen Fuel

By Dan Robitzski

Officials in the U.K. may soon put out a call for everyone to stop sending useless emails, citing the toll that they take on the environment.

UK Officials: Useless Emails Are Killing the Planet

By Dan Robitzski

There's a nearly impenetrable fog of hype surrounding graphene batteries. But it turns out the technology has a whole lot of promise, too.

If Graphene Batteries Do Everything Scientists Say, They Could Be a Gamechanger

By Dan Robitzski

A team in the United Kingdom has started work on what the BBC reports is the world's first facility to store energy as highly compressed air.

New Facility Will Store Wind Power as Highly Compressed Air

By Jon Christian

Images taken from satellites reveal that a massive amount of electricity is being wasted just to illuminate cities overnight.

City Uses Satellite to Measure Wasted Energy

By Dan Robitzski

Using spinach as a catalyst, a team of scientists built an experimental fuel cell that outperformed conventional platinum cells.

Scientists Built a Fuel Cell Out of Spinach

By Dan Robitzski

For the first time, scientists build a superconducting material that works at room temperature, albeit under extremely high pressures.

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Scientists Finally Built a Room-Temperature Superconductor

By Dan Robitzski

$Research shows that fracking releases airborne radioactivity that can be carried great distances to nearby towns on the wind.$

Fracking Releases Airborne Radioactivity, Harvard Scientists Say

By Dan Robitzski

U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson says the country will power all homes with wind energy by 2030, but it might cost more than he's allocating.

UK Pledges to Get 100% of Residential Power From Wind Turbines

By Dan Robitzski

According to new research, investing in nuclear power doesn't tend to lead to a drop in greenhouse gas emissions like using renewables does.

Scientists: Nuclear Energy is a Waste of Time

By Dan Robitzski

More companies are trying to make ocean wave energy a thing, including one firm that's been operating a massive generator since early 2019.

Huge Machine Captures Energy From Ocean Waves

By Dan Robitzski

Research suggests that restructuring global society could grant every human on Earth a decent quality of life while cutting energy use to 1960s levels.

We Could Cut Energy use in Half and Still Give 10 Billion People “Decent” Lives

By Dan Robitzski

Research reveals that the west coast of India and Pakistan — where both countries operate nuclear power plants — are particularly vulnerable to tsunamis.

Scientists Warn That Indian, Pakistani Nuclear Plants Could Get Wrecked by Tsunamis

By Dan Robitzski

A team of scientists build a recreation of the Nintendo Game Boy that works without any batteries to demonstrate new ways to build clean gadgets.

Battery-Free Game Boy Powered by Force of Mashing Buttons

By Dan Robitzski

MIT engineer Asegun Henry has a dire warning: if we don't stop pouring heat into the environment soon, humanity won't live much longer.

MIT Professor: I Fear Imminent Human Extinction

By Dan Robitzski

The market valuation of electric automaker Tesla now exceeds that of ExxonMobil, one of the planet's largest fossil fuel megacorporations.

Tesla Is Now Worth More Than ExxonMobil

By Jon Christian

A team of engineers is trying to build sustainable energy in developing communities with a new battery pack rental program.

Scientists Are Renting out Giant Batteries to Areas Without Power

By Dan Robitzski

Engineer Jau Tang has plans to clean up our act. His research shows how we could do away with fossil fuels, instead powering vehicles with plasma and air.

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This Scientist Says He’s Built a Jet Engine That Turns Electricity Directly Into Thrust

By Dan Robitzski

Physicists recently tested and validated the 50-year-old theory that dangling objects into a black hole then releasing them would generate power.

You Could Generate Power by Dangling Crap Into a Black Hole

By Dan Robitzski

A new system makes carbon capture more feasible for power plants and can convert carbon emissions into raw materials for fuel.

New Tech Captures Power Plant Exhaust to Generate More Power

By Dan Robitzski

A power company in the U.K. is building the world's largest liquid air battery, which stores energy in the form of highly-compressed air.

This Giant Battery Is Powered by Compressed Air

By Dan Robitzski

A new solar panel-like device can generate clean electricity when it's blocked by darkness and shadows rather than sitting in direct sunlight.

Solar Panel-Like Device Generates Power From Darkness

By Dan Robitzski

The largest electric plane yet just flew for half an hour after taking off for the first time. It's a promising sign for the future of clean aviation.

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Watch the World’s Largest Electric Plane Take to the Skies

By Dan Robitzski

A new prototype device uses microwaves to generate plasma, showing howfuture jet engines could propel planes using just air and electricity.

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Scientists Create Jet Engine Powered by Only Electricity

By Dan Robitzski

For the first time, scientists built and tested an experimental rocket engine that's powered by a constantly-spiraling explosion.

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Scientists Build Rocket Engine Powered by Spiraling Explosions

By Dan Robitzski

In Basalt, Colorado, a neighborhood built its own virtual power plant, letting them generate — and share — clean energy as needed.

A Colorado Neighborhood Runs on a Self-Reliant, Clean Energy Grid

By Dan Robitzski

Ukrainian authorities say a forest fire is causing radiation levels to spike in the area of Chernobyl, a nuclear power plant that melted down in 1986.

A Fire at Chernobyl Is Releasing Large Amounts of Radiation

By Jon Christian

A group of roughly 300 nuclear fusion researchers put together a massive report of goals and priorities for making fusion power a reality.

Scientists Call for Fusion Power Plant in the United States

By Dan Robitzski

A new site claims to offer a guide to building an entire nuclear power plant, from the reactor vessels to the Homer Simpson-esque control panels.

Here’s How to Build Your Own Nuclear Power Plant

By Jon Christian

Researchers found a way to turn biowaste, specifically the inedible cores of jackfruit and durian, into high-density ultracapacitors for storing energy.

Scientists Are Storing Energy Using Uneaten Fruit

By Dan Robitzski

A draft proposal, if enacted, would force vendors selling phones, tablets, or earbuds in the European Union to use replaceable batteries.

The EU Might Make Personal Electronics Use Replaceable Batteries

By Dan Robitzski

If investors and business leaders, especially those in the energy sector, continue to ignore climate change, they might tank the economy.

Research: Extreme Weather Could Crash the Economy

By Dan Robitzski

A team of engineers built a kind of generator that gives off a powerful burst of energy whenever it's hit by falling rain.

Scientists Invent Device to Generate Electricity From Rain

By Dan Robitzski

A team of researchers wants to make use of nuclear waste by converting it into extremely long-lasting diamond batteries that could power medical devices.

New Technique Turns Nuclear Waste Into “Diamond Batteries”

By Dan Robitzski

Russia's floating nuclear power plant, Akademik Lomonosov, is now operational and generating power for the town of Pevek.

Russia’s Floating Nuclear Power Plant Began Generating Electricity

By Dan Robitzski

An Army research center patented bizarre boots that generates electricity every time a soldier takes a step, giving them a new way to power their gear.

The Army Wants to Generate Electricity Inside Soldiers’ Boots

By Dan Robitzski

The internet has a shockingly large environmental impact, and data centers are giving off an increasing amount of carbon emissions. Something has to give.

In the Face of Climate Change, the Internet Is Unsustainable

By Dan Robitzski

The Canadian airline Harbour Air just successfully tested an electric plane for the first time, potentially marking a new era of clean travel.

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New First: A Fully Electric Plane Just Flew for 15 Minutes

By Dan Robitzski

Heliogen's new solar oven can focus sunlight and reach temperatures high enough to manufacture steel and cement without any fossil fuels.

Bill Gates-Funded Startup Unveils “Holy Grail” of Solar Energy

By Dan Robitzski

The Keystone Pipeline just had a spill of over 380,000 gallons of crude oil into North Dakota wetlands, the latest in a line of catastrophic oil spills.

The US Said This Pipeline Would Have “No Impact.” Now It’s Leaking Crude Oil.

By Dan Robitzski

Big tech companies have by and large avoided the blackouts in California, as they're powered by more robust transmission lines.

The CA Blackouts Are Oh-so-Coincidentally Not Affecting Big Tech

By Dan Robitzski

Navy "UFO "scientist Salvatore Cezar Pais has filed another bizarre patent. This time, it's for a compact nuclear fusion reactor.

Navy Scientist Known For “UFO-Like Tech” Patents Fusion Reactor

By Dan Robitzski

Starting Wednesday, the utility company Pacific Gas & Electric will turn off customers' power to prevent its aging infrastructure from causing wildfires.

California Is Cutting Power For Nearly a Million Homes

By Dan Robitzski

NASA scientists are starting fires in space to learn more about fuel combustion. They hope it can make engines more efficient here on Earth.

Science & Energy

NASA Is Starting Fires in Space Just to Watch Them Burn

By Dan Robitzski

A new lightweight knee brace generates electricity as people walk around, potentially charging medical devices or wearables.

Weird Gadget Uses Your Knee Motion to Charge Your Phone

By Dan Robitzski

Englands Department for Transport announced that every new home needs to have an electric car charging port as part of a push to make EVs more accessible.

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UK Releases Plan to Put Electric Car Chargers in All New Homes

By Dan Robitzski

The diagnostic tools on experimental fusion reactors are too fragile for industrial-scale facilities. A new technique may be able to replace them.

New Tool Helps Contain Molten Plasma in Fusion Reactors

By Dan Robitzski

Sydney became the first major Australian city to declare a state of emergency to prevent the worst effects of climate change on Monday.

Sydney Is in a State of Emergency to Fight Climate Change

By Dan Robitzski

Robot Fish Can Swim For 37 Hours With Blood-Powered Batteries

Robot Fish Can Swim For 37 Hours With Blood-Powered Batteries

By Dan Robitzski

Hackers from Xenotime, which previously took down a Saudi oil plant, are now attempting to breach American power plants with their malware Triton.

Hackers Have Spent Months Trying to Breach America’s Power Plants

By Dan Robitzski

According to the Department of Energy, geothermal energy could become a major player in the future of American electricity generation.

Energy Dept: Geothermal Power Has “Enormous Untapped Potential”

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists discover a superconductor that works at temperatures nearly 50 Celsius degrees (84.6 Fahrenheit degrees) hotter than the previous record high.

Scientists Set New Temperature Record for Superconductivity

By Kristin Houser

New NASA-funded research could lead to a fully-electric jet plane powered by cyrogenically-cooled hydrogen instead of fossil fuels.

NASA Is Working on Electric Planes Powered by Cryogenic Hydrogen

By Dan Robitzski

As cobalt mines run low, scientists think they could start harvesting it from the ocean. They have a plan to get enough for over 500,000 Tesla batteries.

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Ingenious Gadget Could Harvest Battery Material From the Ocean

By Dan Robitzski

The governor of Puerto Rico just signed a bill that will quickly move the island away from non-renewable energy sources within the next few decades.

Puerto Rico Will Stop Burning Coal Next Year

By Dan Robitzski

Almost every active nuclear reactor in the U.S. is unprepared for flooding and storm surge caused by climate change; industry groups chose not to act.

Climate Change Could Cause Fukushima-Style Meltdowns in the US

By Dan Robitzski

A 1.5-meter device called a Z-pinch generated nuclear fusion, but not for long enough to be useful. Still, it shows that small-scale fusion is possible.

Scientists Generated Nuclear Fusion With a Tabletop Device

By Dan Robitzski

A new technique for nuclear fusion can generate plasma without requiring as much space-consuming equipment within a reactor.

Scientists Find a New Way to Kickstart Stable Fusion Reactions

By Dan Robitzski

Right now there are 45 experimental projects in Europe working to generate hydrogen fuel using renewable sources of electricity.

Europe Is Stockpiling Wind Energy by Converting It to Hydrogen

By Dan Robitzski

Rick Perry authorized six separate deals made by U.S. companies that sold nuclear energy tech to Saudi Arabia, then kept the dealings secret.

America Secretly Sold Nuclear Tech to Saudi Arabia

By Dan Robitzski

China is following Russia's lead and constructing nuclear power plants on top of floating barges so it can bring cheap energy to distant islands.

China Is Building up to 20 Floating Nuclear Power Plants

By Dan Robitzski