Return to Macondo
Alastair Fraser reviews Joel Achenbach's A Hole at the Bottom of the Sea: the Race to Kill the BP Oil Gusher
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Department of Energy boost for small nuclear reactors
Three firms to build modular power plants at US site
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How do we ditch fossil fuels?
An interview with Dan Kammen about making the transition to cleaner energy technologies
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Parting the clouds
Arnold Wolfendale reviews Earth: the Operator’s Manual by Richard Alley
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Nanotube bundles could boost solar cells
Material performs the two important steps for generating current
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Earth sciences: unlocking the secrets of a dynamic planet
The University of Texas at Dallas geosciences team pursues a multidisciplinary programme to understand Earth's evolution
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Multiple valleys boost thermoelectric performance
Conversion of heat to electricity is most efficient yet
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Between the lines
A trio of books about doomsday and disaster
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Solar power without solar cells
Sun's energy can be harnessed in insulating 'optical battery', physicists claim
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Honeycomb windows that could harvest the Sun
Polymers and fullerenes combine to generate photocurrents
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