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Electric vehicle batteries are beating expectations after hundreds of thousands of miles, and that could knock down one of the most common fears about EVs

Real-world data show EV batteries lose about 2 % capacity per year, keeping most range beyond 100 k miles and easing ...
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Morocco is getting serious about water security with mega-desalination plants and new rules for cities of millions, a massive bet that shows how far the water crisis can …

Morocco’s $14 billion plan uses mega-desalination, dams and water highways so taps keep flowing even when the rains fail.
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Spain created aircraft landing gear capable of storing energy like a battery, a strange idea that could turn the force of every landing into usable electricity

Spain is testing aircraft parts that store energy like a battery. Discover how this structural innovation could cut weight ...
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About 80 years after some 200,000 radioactive barrels were dumped in the ocean, France is leading a mission to find them, an uncomfortable story that sounds like a f…

More than 200,000 barrels of radioactive waste were dumped into the Northeast Atlantic during the second half of the 20th ...
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An Indian billionaire secured 500 hectares to build a massive project in Africa, and the move already feels like one of those bets that could reshape an entire region’s econ…

A massive solar-powered steel mill is coming to Nigeria. Can this project bridge the gap between energy reliability and ...
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Texas engineers created a jacket capable of extracting up to 900 milliliters of drinking water per day directly from the air, an invention that sounds like science fiction for ...

Texas engineers created a jacket that turns air into drinking water, offering a new survival tool for a hotter, drier future.
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A new study says linking solar panels, batteries, and heat pumps with direct current could save up to 16.7% on electricity, and the trick is avoiding invisible conversions ...

Purdue researchers found that running solar homes on direct current could cut energy bills by 16.7%. Is a DC-powered future ...
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Homes that can be built in just one week, without cement and with the promise of saving energy: the system trying to prove that building fast does not have to mean …

SIP homes can be built in about a week, cutting energy use and showing that faster construction does not have to sacrifice ...
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The following response from a chatbot may seem gratuitous and effortless, but the UN has just revealed its hidden side: Data centers, water, land, and electricity on a s…

AI's hidden costs are huge. UN leaders demand transparency on the water, land, and power needed to run our digital habits.
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An agricultural town in Australia has jobs, factories, and a desire to grow, but it lacks the most basic necessity: Housing for its employees, and now it wants to solve this ...

An Australian town is using 3D-printed homes to solve a major housing shortage and keep local factories growing.
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In 1999, a farmer donated his land for a children’s park, but years later the town sold it for millions to build a data center, and the story now feels like a clash between ...

A Texas town sold land once meant for a children's park to build a $1 billion data center, igniting a fierce community debate ...
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Perseverance looked at Mars again with a panorama built from dozens of images, and the result leaves a strange feeling: the Red Planet looks empty, but every rock …

NASA's Perseverance reveals a stunning Mars panorama where every rock could hold clues to the Red Planet's ancient past.