Category: Other Sciences

To Nick de Vries, chief technology officer at the solar-energy developer Silicon Ranch, a transformer is like an interstate on-ramp: It boosts the voltage of the electricity that his solar plants generate to match the voltage of grid transmission…

When Meta announced last week that it’s looking for a nuclear energy developer to power its future AI operations, it joined a growing cadre of tech companies all suddenly repeating the same refrain: We need more power—preferably…

While the world is waiting—and waiting—for the giant leap to solid-state batteries, a nimble step to silicon anode cells is well underway. That transitional stage includes a key ingredient made in the U.S., not China.

Sionic Energy today…

This Astrophysicist Makes Stellar Nurseries That Fit in the Palm of Your Hand

By Tulika Bose, Jason Drakeford & Kelso Harper…

This story was co-published with WBUR in Boston. Read its coverage on efforts to improve the Cape’s water pollution, including one innovative town considering “pee-cycling.” The documentary short was supported by the Pulitzer Center.

This story was generously supported by a grant from the Pulitzer Center.

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Gustavo Viera Ruiz: The foggy areas of the Canaries support a very special forest, which is Laurisilva.

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On December 18, a volcano emerged on the Reykjanes peninsula in Iceland, just north of the town of Grindavik, near the world famous Blue Lagoon.

The volcanoes on the Reykjanes peninsula have awakened after eight hundred years.  The tectonic…

Breath Of Life: Bridging the Oxygen Gap in Kenya

By Wanjiru…