Physicists isolate neutrinos from Earth’s mantle for first time
Italy's Borexino detector provides further insights into radioactive heating of the Earth
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Subterranean science
Sean Paling and Stephen Sadler describe how deep underground labs are diversifying into areas such as astrobiology and earth sciences
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A single light of science
An introduction to the International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies (IYL 2015)
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Device cools itself in the blazing-hot Sun
Passive system works without the need for a power source
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What if a solar super-storm hit?
Ashley Dale examines the devastating impact that a solar super-storm could have on life on Earth
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Charging up with jumping droplets
Energy-harvesting device taps into atmospheric humidity
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How a decades-old laser technology could boost the future of wind energy
Jon Cartwright explains how laser anemometry could cut the cost of wind energy and boost its share of the world’s energy market
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Harvesting the Earth’s infrared energy
Could we use thermal radiation emitted by the ground beneath us as a source of renewable power?
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New generator creates electricity directly from heat
Thermionic device solves the "space-charge problem"
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Letting the sunshine in
A book about “sustainable” strategies for providing food and energy to a future population of nine billion, reviewed by Alison Walker
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