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Submarine fiber optic cable system used for earthquake and whale detection beneath the ocean

The cables that carry 99% of the internet could become a giant microphone for detecting earthquakes, tsunamis and even whales

By ECONEWS

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March 1, 2026 at 12:24 PM

Aerial view of the Lianghekou hydropower dam on the Yalong River in Tibet, rising 295 meters above the valley.

China has just launched a hydroelectric “beast” in Tibet that generates 11 billion kWh per year, and whose dam, at 295 meters high, is almost as tall as the Eiffel Tower

By Adrian Villellas

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March 1, 2026 at 7:32 AM

Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant sarcophagus structure after power outage affecting cooling systems

Chernobyl temporarily loses power after attacks on Ukraine’s grid; the IAEA says the risk is very low

By ECONEWS

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February 26, 2026 at 3:56 AM

WindRunner ultra-large cargo aircraft designed to transport 105-meter wind turbine blades, targeting first flight by 2029.

Radia’s WindRunner, the giant cargo plane designed to carry 105-meter wind turbine blades, aims to fly by 2029

By ECONEWS

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February 25, 2026 at 9:27 AM

Underground view of the Oklo mine in Gabon, where scientists confirmed a natural nuclear reactor operated about 2 billion years ago.

In 1972, a uranium anomaly at Oklo in Gabon revealed a natural nuclear reactor that ran 2 billion years ago

By Adrian Villellas

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February 22, 2026 at 8:45 AM

Perovskite solar cell research inspired by taurine found in octopus to improve device stability

Scientists had been unable to solve this problem with perovskite for years, and it was an octopus that finally gave them the answer they needed

By ECONEWS

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February 19, 2026 at 10:15 AM

Concept spacecraft near a swirling red space vortex, illustrating NASA’s nuclear rocket engine test for deep-space travel

NASA conducts the first test of its nuclear engine for interstellar travel

By Adrian Villellas

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February 19, 2026 at 6:03 AM

Nathan Trevallion and Catherine Birmingham with their three children outside their off-grid forest home near Palmoli, Abruzzo.

They lived happily in an Italian forest, with solar panels, well water, and a vegetable garden… until the state decided to take away their three children

By Adrian Villellas

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February 18, 2026 at 3:00 PM

Inside China’s EAST ‘artificial sun’ tokamak in Hefei, where researchers ran ultra-dense plasma tests for fusion energy.

China has just broken a barrier that physicists believed to be unbreakable for decades, and its 150 million-degree artificial sun could bring us closer than ever to the energy of the stars

By Adrian Villellas

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February 14, 2026 at 3:00 PM

Aerial view of the proposed Sites Reservoir location in Colusa County, Northern California, showing dry rolling hills, ranchland, and roads.

The US approves Sites Reservoir, California’s largest new reservoir in nearly 50 years, at a cost of nearly $7 billion

By ECONEWS

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February 14, 2026 at 12:30 PM

High power microwave pulsed energy system developed in China for potential satellite disruption

China surprises the world with a microwave weapon that fires 20 gigawatts for a full minute and could blind Elon Musk’s satellites without firing a single missile

By ECONEWS

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February 13, 2026 at 1:17 PM

Mechanical extraction of banana pseudostem fibers for textile and paper production

The tons of banana trunks left over after the harvest are being turned into raw materials for clothing and paper, while mechanical extraction and controlled drying are accelerating industrialization

By Adrian Villellas

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February 13, 2026 at 8:04 AM

High voltage power lines carrying electricity from Sweden as wind power output drops during cold winter weather

Wind farms in trouble: Sweden supplies electricity “as much as the lines can carry.”

By Adrian Villellas

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February 12, 2026 at 10:45 AM

A hydroelectric dam in Ecuador releases water, as CELEC restores generation at Agoyán and San Francisco to bolster the power grid.

Massive blackouts? Not this time: the miraculous return of two hydroelectric power plants built in the 1980s is now saving the country from an energy catastrophe thanks to a surgical intervention carried out by CELEC in record time

By Adrian Villellas

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February 11, 2026 at 6:30 PM

Donald Trump pictured in front of offshore wind turbines, illustrating Europe’s North Sea wind expansion after the Hamburg Declaration.

Trump lashed out at European wind turbines. Now Denmark and other countries want more wind energy

By ECONEWS

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February 11, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Two workers in hard hats inspect equipment at a drilling site, reflecting efforts to explore for natural hydrogen in the Earth’s crust.

It does not come from the mantle. It comes from the crust. The twist that dismantles the myth of “magic” hydrogen

By ECONEWS

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February 10, 2026 at 10:15 AM

Aerial view of a large floating solar array covering part of a lake, with rows of photovoltaic panels on the water.

Germany launches its most innovative floating solar plant in 2025: it generates energy for hundreds of homes without taking up land and using only 4.6% of the lake’s surface area

By Adrian Villellas

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February 8, 2026 at 6:30 PM

Aerial view of a vast solar farm in Qinghai, China, with rows of photovoltaic panels stretching across desert land.

In Qinghai, there is a solar monster capable of producing nearly 17,000 megawatts, and it not only generates electricity but is also changing the desert ecosystem

By Adrian Villellas

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February 7, 2026 at 3:00 PM

Aerial view of a large hydroelectric dam construction site in Patagonia on Argentina’s Santa Cruz River.

$136 million from China restarts Argentina’s stalled Jorge Cepernic dam on the Santa Cruz River in Patagonia

By Adrian Villellas

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February 6, 2026 at 8:45 AM

Cargo ship with onboard hydrogen storage tanks, illustrating a UK project that turns seawater into clean hydrogen fuel.

British researchers develop a ship engine that runs on hydrogen made from seawater instead of diesel

By Adrian Villellas

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February 5, 2026 at 3:22 PM

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Energy

The cables that carry 99% of the internet could become a giant microphone for detecting earthquakes, tsunamis and even whales

China has just launched a hydroelectric “beast” in Tibet that generates 11 billion kWh per year, and whose dam, at 295 meters high, is almost as tall as the Eiffel Tower

Chernobyl temporarily loses power after attacks on Ukraine’s grid; the IAEA says the risk is very low

Radia’s WindRunner, the giant cargo plane designed to carry 105-meter wind turbine blades, aims to fly by 2029

In 1972, a uranium anomaly at Oklo in Gabon revealed a natural nuclear reactor that ran 2 billion years ago

Scientists had been unable to solve this problem with perovskite for years, and it was an octopus that finally gave them the answer they needed

NASA conducts the first test of its nuclear engine for interstellar travel

They lived happily in an Italian forest, with solar panels, well water, and a vegetable garden… until the state decided to take away their three children

China has just broken a barrier that physicists believed to be unbreakable for decades, and its 150 million-degree artificial sun could bring us closer than ever to the energy of the stars

The US approves Sites Reservoir, California’s largest new reservoir in nearly 50 years, at a cost of nearly $7 billion

China surprises the world with a microwave weapon that fires 20 gigawatts for a full minute and could blind Elon Musk’s satellites without firing a single missile

The tons of banana trunks left over after the harvest are being turned into raw materials for clothing and paper, while mechanical extraction and controlled drying are accelerating industrialization

Wind farms in trouble: Sweden supplies electricity “as much as the lines can carry.”

Massive blackouts? Not this time: the miraculous return of two hydroelectric power plants built in the 1980s is now saving the country from an energy catastrophe thanks to a surgical intervention carried out by CELEC in record time

Trump lashed out at European wind turbines. Now Denmark and other countries want more wind energy

It does not come from the mantle. It comes from the crust. The twist that dismantles the myth of “magic” hydrogen

Germany launches its most innovative floating solar plant in 2025: it generates energy for hundreds of homes without taking up land and using only 4.6% of the lake’s surface area

In Qinghai, there is a solar monster capable of producing nearly 17,000 megawatts, and it not only generates electricity but is also changing the desert ecosystem

$136 million from China restarts Argentina’s stalled Jorge Cepernic dam on the Santa Cruz River in Patagonia

British researchers develop a ship engine that runs on hydrogen made from seawater instead of diesel

A sea captain left pigs near New Zealand for future navigators, and 192 years later a rescue of Auckland Island pigs led to diabetes safety trials while officials plan to eradicate the rest

Shell and FAW Trucks are testing an immersion cooling battery that bathes truck cells in liquid, and Shell says early results point to potential climbing gains of up to 98 percent, pending final validation

Germany now has a truck with no cab hauling Lidl groceries on a public road up to three times a day, and one human job still travels with it in a separate vehicle

Farmers can plant this perennial grain once and harvest it for several years while its roots reach 10 feet deep, and researchers say the catch shows up in the grain bin after the second harvest

A farmer digging in a Swiss marsh took a 5,500-year-old board for a box lid or a bench, and it turned out to be one of the oldest preserved doors in Europe

A Patagonian sheep ranch that once held 40,535 sheep is now home to one of Argentina’s main Magellanic penguin colonies, and the twist is that the birds were already nesting there while the flocks grazed down their cover

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