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Massive offshore converter station being installed in the Yellow Sea for wind power transmission

China’s massive “electric island” has no blades and doesn’t look like a windmill, but it transmits 1.1 gigawatts of offshore wind power from the Yellow Sea to the power grid

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July 11, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Power-to-gas plant in Spain producing renewable methane from hydrogen and captured CO2

A town in Extremadura called Miajadas has just launched an initiative that seems like a laboratory experiment but is already yielding results: converting green hydrogen and captured CO2 into renewable gas that flows through actual pipelines

By ECONEWS
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July 11, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Small modular wind turbine providing electricity in a rural off-grid village

The French wind turbine, which aims to do away with giant towers, promises to bring electricity to farms, islands, and remote areas thanks to a modular 1-kilowatt design that requires no cranes or concrete

By ECONEWS
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July 11, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Ancient Iberian settlement ruins in Spain showing archaeological site linked to Iron Age populations

A team from the Autonomous University of Barcelona analyzed 54 newborns who lived between 2,700 and 2,100 years ago and found a surprising clue in their DNA

By ECONEWS
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July 11, 2026 at 3:00 PM
People swimming in clear water at Flamengo Beach in Rio de Janeiro during early morning

Río Beach, whose recovery seemed impossible for years, now attracts more than 300 early-morning swimmers and hosts open-water swimming schools in a spot that almost no one dared to approach before

By ECONEWS
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July 11, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Residential home with solar panels installed along the garden fence generating electricity

The latest trend in solar energy in Europe is no longer focused on rooftops, but on garden fences, and promises to turn a simple property line into a mini power plant

By ECONEWS
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July 11, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Dense Norway spruce forest in the Italian Alps with uniform canopy and limited plant diversity on the forest floor

The Italian forest, which appeared healthy from a distance, concealed ecological degradation dating back nearly 100 years, and scientists discovered that its fir trees harbored 50.3% less plant diversity than native forests

By ECONEWS
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July 11, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Helios Horizon electric aircraft flying during a test flight powered by solid-state batteries

A small airport in Florida was the scene of a low-key but impressive test: a manned electric plane took off using solid-state batteries capable of charging to 80% in less than 15 minutes

By ECONEWS
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July 10, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Technician installing solar panels on a residential rooftop as part of a home energy system

Say goodbye to the old idea of generating a lot of solar energy and then forgetting about it, because batteries, time-of-use rates, and self-consumption are starting to play a key role in household savings

By ECONEWS
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July 10, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Field of polymetallic nodules scattered across the deep Pacific Ocean floor in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone

Nearly 6 kilometers below the surface of the Pacific Ocean, between Hawaii and Mexico, there are dark rocks the size of a potato that took millions of years to form and could now spark a global race for cobalt, nickel, copper, and manganese

By ECONEWS
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July 10, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Hannah Herbst presenting her ocean energy generator prototype built with simple materials

BEACON, the $12 ocean current generator Hannah Herbst built at 15 to bring light to coastal communities

By ECONEWS
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July 10, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Aerial view of a circular hyperadobe earth home under construction in a desert landscape

It all started with an old 1972 trailer; now, a family is building a huge earthen house in the middle of the desert, powered by solar energy and rainwater, without relying on the power grid

By ECONEWS
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July 10, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Deep-sea whale skeleton with scavenger animals feeding in a whale-fall ecosystem similar to the newly discovered graveyard

Scientists ventured into one of the least-explored areas of the ocean and found something no one expected: a gigantic whale graveyard stretching nearly 1,200 kilometers

By ECONEWS
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July 9, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Engineers inspect damaged launch pad after New Glenn rocket explosion at Cape Canaveral

The new space race no longer seems like an idyllic adventure toward the stars, because in 2026, Blue Origin is rebuilding a destroyed launch pad, Relativity has its sights set on Mars, and a Chinese rocket is leaving more debris floating above Earth

By ECONEWS
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July 9, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Annie Easley working on early NASA computer systems for rocket and energy research

In 1955, she was one of only four African American female employees at the laboratory, and decades later, her work would help pave the way for the Cassini mission to Saturn

By ECONEWS
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July 9, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Male seahorse representing the extraordinary parenting behaviors found in the animal kingdom, including male pregnancy and parental care.

A seahorse that gets pregnant, a fish that hides its young in its mouth, and a fox that feeds its entire family: the surprising list of nature’s most extraordinary parents

By ECONEWS
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July 9, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Illustration of flowering plants representing self-fertilization and reproductive strategies examined in a new evolutionary biology study.

For decades, it has been said that self-fertilization was like entering an evolutionary dead end, but a new study has just put a rather uncomfortable spin on that old idea

By ECONEWS
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July 9, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Engineers monitor AI computing infrastructure designed to improve energy efficiency through sparse attention and reduced processing demands.

Perhaps the greatest breakthrough for the future of AI isn’t a smarter chatbot, but one capable of thinking with fewer chips, less heat, and much less electricity

By ECONEWS
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July 9, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Medical researchers working together in a laboratory studying antibiotic resistance and bacterial response to antimicrobial treatments.

Researchers believe they have identified one of the most dangerous aspects of antibiotic use: a point at which bacteria are more likely to develop resistance

By ECONEWS
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July 9, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Hooded vulture near N'Djamena, Chad, where researchers documented declining populations linked to poisoning and illegal wildlife trade.

A man offered to catch vultures using a poisoned donkey, and that scene perfectly symbolized the crisis that scientists are seeing unfold in the area around N’Djamena

By ECONEWS
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July 9, 2026 at 4:30 AM
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