
Common household cleaner can boost effort to harvest fusion energy on Earth
Scientists have found that adding a common household cleaning agent - the mineral boron contained in such cleaners as Borax - can vastly improve the ability of…
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Scientists have found that adding a common household cleaning agent - the mineral boron contained in such cleaners as Borax - can vastly improve the ability of…
Jan 13, 2022

The Dutch branch of Friends of the Earth said Thursday it was targeting nearly 30 multinational companies to produce a plan to cut greenhouse emissions, with similar demands that won them a landmark case against Shell last year.
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To create the conditions needed for fusion reactions, tokamak reactors contain a plasma in magnetic fields.
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Materials scientists at Duke University have revealed paddlewheel-like molecular dynamics that help push sodium ions through a quickly evolving class of solid-state batteries.
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Gunmen in Iraq opened fire Wednesday on two vehicles belonging to Chinese oil giant Sinopec, wounding two Sudanese guards working for the company, a security source said.
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Chile shunned two of the world's biggest lithium producers when awarding extraction contracts worth a total of $121 million to a local firm and a Chinese company, the minerals ministry said Wednesday.
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Hydrostor Inc. has announced a preferred equity financing commitment of US$250 million from the Private Equity and Sustainable Investing businesses within…
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Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte's fourth coalition government took office on Monday a record 10 months after elections, with pledges to spend big on climate change and coronavirus.
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Foreign ministers from oil-rich Gulf states arrived in Beijing on Monday for a five-day visit as turmoil in neighbouring Kazakhstan raises concerns about China's energy security.
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Air France-KLM said Monday it would add a surcharge of up to 12 euros ($13,50) on its tickets to try to offset the cost of using more expensive sustainable aviation fuel.
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Hollywood's jetset once crowded the shores of the Salton Sea, a then-idyllic southern California playground for the wealthy.
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Lithium metal batteries could store much more charge in a given space than today's lithium-ion batteries, and the race is on to develop them for next-gen electric vehicles, electronics and other uses.
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Energy giant Shell has retrieved a vessel deployed to explore for oil and gas off South Africa's pristine Indian Ocean waters following a court interdict, the company said Friday.
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A wind turbine sitting idle on a calm day or spinning swiftly when power demand is already met poses a problem for renewables, and is one researchers think can be tackled under the sea.
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Kazakhstan's president imposed states of emergency in the largest city Almaty and an oil-rich western region Wednesday after unprecedented protests that began over a regional energy price hike engulfed other parts of the vast ex-Soviet country.
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