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Flow batteries that store energy in liquid could accelerate the green transition
Joshua James Bailey, Queen’s University Belfast and Hugh O’Connor, Queen’s University Belfast Harnessing renewable resources such as wind…
This tiny Australian spider uses a high‑powered web catapult to trap and eat aggressive ants
Ajay Narendra, Macquarie University There’s more than one way a spider can spin its web. Some construct large…
Geothermal energy has huge potential to generate clean power – including from used oil and gas wells
The world’s largest geothermal power station is under construction in Utah. Business Wire via AP Moones Alamooti, University…
Climate action can feel slow – but the fastest energy leap in history has begun
Mexico’s Villanueva solar farm is one of the largest in the Americas. Alfredo Estrella/Getty Peter Newman, Curtin University…
The Battery: An Invention That Almost Never Happened
Discover the unlikely, decades-long story of the three Nobel-winning scientists who overcame explosive failures and corporate indifference to invent the revolutionary lithium-ion battery.
How EVs and electric water heaters are turning cities into giant batteries
Leonid Andronov/Shutterstock Bin Lu, Australian National University and Marnie Shaw, Australian National University As the electrification of transport…
Fruit peels could help power your smartphone’s camera flash – here’s how
Vianney Ngoyi Kitenge, iThemba LABS Imagine turning fruit waste into technology that stores electricity. This would reduce food…