ON A GRASSY plateau overlooking a valley in central China, two officials stood by as a small, thin rocket blasted off from the re...
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pests, reducing plant damage and increasing crop yields, according to the first systematic review of ants’ contributions to crop...
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Global warming and changing weather patterns are affecting the water supply for one of the world's most important waterways, the P...
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With the push for renewables leading to land-use conflicts, building highly efficient utility-scale solar farms on ever-smaller tr...
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Five years ago, Claar-els van Delft began to suspect that plastic waste on the beach at Katwijk in the Netherlands did not come ...
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When Finland recently unveiled the world's first "sand battery", there was speculation that Australian manufacturers would soon be...
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A 200-kW test platform was installed last year off King Island, facing the notoriously rough seas of Bass Strait, which separates...
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If you’re an environmentally aware meat-eater, you probably carry at least a little guilt to the dinner table. The meat on our p...
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Across the country, aging and defunct coal-burning power plants are getting new lives as solar, battery and other renewable energy...
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Finnish researchers have installed the world's first fully working "sand battery" which can store green power for months at a time...
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Close to where the college rowing teams of Britain’s second-oldest university practise their strokes along the River Cam, a grey...
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wind blows, the sun shines, and the waves roll, there is abundant green power to be generated. But when skies darken and condition...
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