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The Texas-based startup Quidnet Energy just completed a test showing it can store energy for up to six months by

Lithium-ion batteries have some emerging competition: Sodium-based alternatives are starting to make inroads. Sodium is more abundant on Earth than

It’s been a little over a week since we published Power Hungry, a package that takes a hard look at

While it’s rare to look at the news without finding some headline related to AI and energy, a lot of

Nuclear reactors could someday power a chemical plant in Texas, making it the first with such a facility onsite. The

Glaciers generally move so slowly you can’t see their progress with the naked eye. (Their pace is … glacial.) But

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Boom Supersonic broke the sound barrier in a test flight of its XB-1 jet last week, marking an early step

Forget massive steel tanks—some scientists want to make chemicals with the help of rocks deep beneath Earth’s surface. New research

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