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Close up of salt crystals used as base material for sodium ion batteries

The table salt in your kitchen could play an important role in the next big energy battle, as Morgan Stanley is already forecasting annual demand of 830 gigawatt-hours for sodium batteries by 2030

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July 12, 2026 at 10:15 AM

Worker installing removable solar panels between active railway tracks

Switzerland has just installed a small solar power plant between the tracks of an active railway line, and what seems impossible is that more than 11,000 trains have already passed over it without interrupting service

By Adrian Villellas

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July 12, 2026 at 8:45 AM

Floating solar panels under ice with air bubbles preventing freezing damage

An experiment conducted in Canada has just demonstrated something that sounds incredibly strange: solar panels floating on a frozen pond continued to generate electricity thanks to a waterproof foam and underwater bubbles

By Kevin Montien

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July 12, 2026 at 6:30 AM

Moment Energy megafactory in Vancouver repurposing used EV batteries into energy storage systems

An electric car’s used battery does not stop working when the car is no longer in use, and a megafactory in Vancouver wants to give it a second life to power hospitals, data centers, and microgrids

By Sonia Ramírez

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July 12, 2026 at 4:25 AM

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

By Kevin Montien

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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

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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 Sonia Ramírez

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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 Kevin Montien

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July 11, 2026 at 3:00 PM

Technician working on an electric vehicle battery pack with exposed lithium ion cells during maintenance

An electric car’s “dead” battery may not have been as dead as it seemed, and Cornell University has just tested a method that allows up to 95% of its original capacity to be restored without damaging it

By Adrian Villellas

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July 11, 2026 at 12:30 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

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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 Kevin Montien

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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 Sonia Ramírez

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July 11, 2026 at 6:30 AM

View of Earth rising above the Moon’s surface, illustrating the concept of using the Moon as a protective barrier for space samples

According to a new scientific proposal, NASA may need a kind of “biological customs checkpoint” on the Moon before bringing samples from Mars or distant worlds back to Earth

By Adrian Villellas

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July 11, 2026 at 4:27 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 Sonia Ramírez

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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 Kevin Montien

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July 10, 2026 at 6:30 PM

Gloved hand holding a black metal desalination panel with salt residue formed after seawater evaporation

The idea—which sounds strange but might make sense—is to use sunlight, black metal, and the “coffee stain” effect to desalinate water without producing any liquid waste

By Adrian Villellas

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July 10, 2026 at 5:00 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 Sonia Ramírez

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July 10, 2026 at 3:00 PM

Hannah Herbst presenting her ocean energy generator prototype built with simple materials

A 15-year-old student has built a generator for just $12 using a propeller, a PVC pipe, and recycled parts, and her idea is once again drawing attention because it could provide lighting to coastal communities by harnessing the energy of water

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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 Kevin Montien

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July 10, 2026 at 10:15 AM

Close-up of an orange tabby cat showing the classic M mark on its forehead

Orange cats have always been known for being affectionate, but a veterinarian has just explained a genetic detail that many owners were unaware of: Almost all of them are, in fact, tabby cats

By Sonia Ramírez

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July 10, 2026 at 8:45 AM

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Two 40,000-year-old bird figurines carved from mammoth ivory and discovered in Hohle Fels Cave in Germany.

Archaeologists have uncovered two tiny bird figurines carved from mammoth ivory in Hohle Fels Cave in southwestern Germany dating back about 40,000 years

Published On: September 1, 2026 at 5:00 PM

Microscopic image of an ancient zircon grain from the Jack Hills region of Western Australia.

A zircon grain found in Western Australia’s Jack Hills is 4.4 billion years old, making it the oldest known terrestrial mineral grain

Published On: September 1, 2026 at 3:00 PM

Todd Stevens and Xavier Duffy examining artifacts recovered from the 1680 Phoenix shipwreck near the Isles of Scilly.

A handwritten note reading “Cap Wildy lost” led divers to a 1680 shipwreck, and the recovered objects are finally becoming public history

Published On: September 1, 2026 at 10:15 AM

Miami-Dade firefighter comforting Jack after finding the black dog inside a dumpster.

Firefighters answered a call about ducklings trapped in trash and expected another routine animal rescue, but by the time the tiny birds were safe the crew had made an unexpected new friend

Published On: September 1, 2026 at 8:45 AM

Marine life around an offshore wind turbine foundation in the waters off Taiwan.

Engineers drove enormous steel foundations directly into bare Atlantic sand to hold offshore wind turbines upright, and what happens around those artificial structures afterward is changing the seabed in ways nobody designed them for

Published On: September 1, 2026 at 6:30 AM

NASA's Dragonfly rotorcraft flying above the surface of Saturn's moon Titan in an artist's concept.

NASA’s Dragonfly is being built to fly on Titan, where thick air and weak gravity could make a truck-sized robot easier to lift

Published On: August 31, 2026 at 6:30 PM

Orforglipron oral GLP-1 pill developed by Eli Lilly for adults with type 2 diabetes.

A new diabetes pill lowered blood sugar and body weight more than oral semaglutide, but the convenience came with a harder trade-off

Published On: August 31, 2026 at 5:00 PM

Cows and calves grazing beneath CattleTracker solar panels at Silicon Ranch in Tennessee.

A Tennessee solar farm is letting cows graze beneath moving panels, and the experiment could change what happens to farmland under clean energy

Published On: August 31, 2026 at 3:00 PM

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