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Chicken fat supercapacitors could store green energy of the future
As vital as it is for society to transition to renewable energy, it’s not as easy as simply swapping out fossil fuels for solar panels....
Welcome aboard the world’s first hydrogen fuel cell superyacht
Superyachts are notoriously dirty luxury toys, with a single billionaire’s boat emitting as much as 7,020 tons of CO2 per year. And while...
Stellarator fusion reactor gets new life thanks to a creative magnet workaround
The quest to harness the holy grail of clean energy is potentially moving a step in the right direction thanks to the same principles...
AI companies eye fossil fuels to meet booming energy demand
It takes massive amounts of energy to power the data center brains of popular artificial intelligence models. That demand is only growing....
EPA says over half of all new cars must be EVs or hybrids by 2032
The Biden administration has announced some of the biggest pollution regulations in US history. On Wednesday, the Environmental Protection...
Huge 60-foot-tall buoy uses ocean waves to create clean energy
Giant buoys over 60-feet tall may one day generate clean energy to feed into local power grids—but making it a reality isn’t as simple...
Can EVs drive in National Radio Quiet Zone?
The United States National Radio Quiet Zone (NRQZ) is a 13,000 square-mile rectangle covering the southernmost tip of Maryland’s western...
Huge underwater ‘kite’ turbine powered 1,000 homes in the Faroe Islands
It’s been over a decade since PopSci last checked in on Minesto’s underwater “kite” turbine technology. Since then, the Swedish...
Aging reactor sets new fusion energy record in last hurrah
After 40 years of major nuclear fusion milestones, the Joint European Torus (JET) facility finally shut down in December 2023—but not...
Steel built the Rust Belt. Green steel could help rebuild it.
This article originally appeared in Grist. In the Mon Valley of western Pennsylvania, steel was once a way of life, one synonymous with the...
