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Roasting green chile on top of Sandia National Laboratories? National Solar Thermal Test Facility. Roasting green chile with concentrated sunlight instead of propane produces flavorful chile and reduces carbon dioxide emissions.

Technology

Roasting green chillies in the sun could pave way for solar cooking

An experiment using solar concentrators, which focus sunlight to a point, to roast green chillies suggests it may be possible to build portable solar cookers

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Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant

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Russian shelling at Ukrainian nuclear plant risks 'another Chernobyl'

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The GE-Alstom Block Island Wind Farm stands in the water off Block Island, Rhode Island, U.S., on Wednesday, Sept, 14, 2016. The installation of five 6-megawatt offshore-wind turbines at the Block Island project gives turbine supplier GE-Alstom first-mover advantage in the U.S. over its rivals Siemens and MHI-Vestas. Photographer: Eric Thayer/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Environment

Unexploded munitions found at first large US offshore wind farm sites

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2E2GFFW Travel in Taiwan

Life

Thousands of coral larvae ‘planted’ under offshore wind turbine

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NuScale Power Plant Design

Technology

Mini nuclear power stations may produce more waste than large ones

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Tomato

Chemistry

Adding tomato pigment to solar panels increases their efficiency

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A solar power plant at night

Technology

Solar panels that work at night produce enough power to charge a phone

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space satellite with solar panels

Environment

UK government backs plan to harvest solar power from space

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Technology

Static electricity can keep desert solar panels free of dust

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Radiation map

Physics

Chernobyl radiation spike probably from Russian tanks disturbing dust

After Russian forces captured the ruined Chernobyl nuclear power plant on 24 February, sensors at the site report a spike in radiation levels

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Technology

Risk of nuclear disaster is minimal as Russian forces reach Chernobyl

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Technology

DeepMind uses AI to control plasma inside tokamak fusion reactor

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Physics

How does the sun shine? Here's why we are still a little in the dark

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Technology

Snow-proof solar panels keep working even in icy weather

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