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Machine learning has its limits—how is it being used?

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GM wants to slash EV prices by deploying new battery tech up to a year earlier than planned. This building is key to making that happen.

The actual eco-friendliness of ecotourism varies considerably. One research station in the Peruvian Amazon is out to prove it can bring visitors to the area without disrupting the environment.

Hotels and other service providers pitch themselves as eco-friendly when they’re not. Here’s how to call their bluff.

Meta may have found one way to slash its massive data center bill: tents.

Fusion startup Helion is racing to complete a power plant for Microsoft by 2028. A fresh infusion of cash should help with that.

Would you take a payment to ramp down your electricity use? Would it change anything if you were doing so to help power a local data center? Google just signed a new deal to help pay for a virtual power plant (VPP) in the largest power grid in the US. The agreement is with Voltus,…

Fusion startup Xcimer fired up the world's largest privately owned laser.

The National Center for Atmospheric Research won't be losing its supercomputer.

Another fusion startup has raised another a massive round to make this type of power a reality.

Switching from fossil fuels to electricity for heating is no longer covered.

Pacific Fusion's sub-scale prototype delivered enormous amounts of power in a flash, setting the company up for its demonstration power plant.

Mike Schroepfer's Gigascale Capital has raised a large fund to back founders building climate-friendly solutions for the world's energy and material shortages.

As temperatures rise, some creatures pick fights while others struggle to learn.

Researchers say they’ve found a new way to extract lithium, a crucial metal used in the lithium-ion batteries that power electric vehicles and energy storage arrays. This new technique could be more environmentally friendly and cheaper than existing ones. The research was published today in Science, and a startup called Rock Zero is working to…

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This year, there’s been a wave of notable energy companies going public via IPO in the US. The solar and battery company Solv Energy went public in February, to the tune of $6 billion. X-energy, which is building small modular nuclear reactors, did the same in April, and its stocks surged on its first day…

Meet the wet bulb globe temperature, the ominous measure that shows when it's too hot to go outside.

Thea Energy's pixel-inspired magnets could give its power plant plans a boost. The fusion startup hopes to get a commercial reactor working by 2034.