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Materials science as key enabler for clean energy transition

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If you don’t change direction, you will end up where you are heading,” said Lao Tzu, the father of Taoism. The global emissions of CO 2 doubled from 1975 to 2015, and are projected to triple by 2040 if we stay on our present course4. Where are we heading? Illustration courtesy of Paloma Liu. Chen et al. Click to enlarge.

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A Skeptic’s Take on Beaming Power to Earth from Space

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Despite mounting buzz around the concept, I and many of my former colleagues at ESA are deeply skeptical that these large and complex power systems could be deployed quickly enough and widely enough to make a meaningful contribution to the global energy transition. SPS-ALPHA Mark-III Proposed by: John C. But nature gets a vote.

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Ukraine Is Riddled With Land Mines. Drones and AI Can Help

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At the 2021 Mine Action Innovation Conference in Geneva, we heard about a researcher named John Frucci at Oklahoma State University who directs the OSU Global Consortium for Explosive Hazard Mitigation. In light of those conversations, we developed a user-friendly Web application called SpotlightAI.

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