The risks and rewards of aluminium in solar panels
Aluminium could become a big PV polluter, but it’s also easy to recycle.
As the price of solar power plummets, the uptake of solar panels and rooftop solar is booming. The more this surge ac...
Energy
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Quantum batteries a step closer with superabsorption breakthrough
Research gets us closer to super-fast charging batteries.
Quantum batteries are now closer to reality, with proof of the idea of superabsorption by an international team of re...
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Explainer
How to build an offshore wind farm
There’s a lot of work involved in building a new wind farm, but it’s no longer sailing in unchart...
Energy company Nexsphere has announced it’s planning to build an offshore wind farm in Bass Strait, off the northeast...
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Recyclable Australian batteries hoping to change the solar market
The graphene-based batteries are 100% recyclable.
Renewable energy – and rooftop solar in particular – needs effective batteries to keep growing. The current gold stan...
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Power outage: closing polluting power stations could save six million lives.
Computer modelling shows that targeted shutdowns are the best solution.
Retiring specific power stations around the world could save six million lives over the next 30 years, according to a...
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Why are lithium-ion batteries getting cheaper?
What gets us better batteries?
Like solar panels and wind turbines, the price of lithium-ion batteries has plummeted over this century, with a study...
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History
Charles Townes shines a light
From maser to laser, the development of radiation emission devices became a little messy and liti...
In the 1964 movie Goldfinger, based on the book of that name by acclaimed British writer Ian Fleming, the avaricious ...
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Beware the difference between ‘clean’ and ‘green’ hydrogen
There’s plenty of hydrogen hype, but not all of it is environmentally friendly.
Hydrogen is set to be a crucial part of the energy sector by 2030. It combusts and releases energy without making car...
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Iodine-powered spacecraft tested in orbit for the first time
Could an iodine-fuelled electric propulsion system be the future of space travel?
French aerospace company ThrustMe has successfully tested an iodine-powered spacecraft for the first time, showing th...
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Carbon offsets for Gorgon’s unstored emissions
How does Chevron intend to make up its CCS shortfall at Barrow Island?
Chevron Australia, whose Gorgon gas plant failed to capture and store the amount of CO2 it was supposed to earlier th...
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Video
Cosmos Briefing: Electric vehicles
How do we go from stuck in the mud to the fast lane?
This briefing was originally posted on 19th August 2021. Given our physical size, and our windy and sunny location...
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Conversation
As the world surges ahead on electric vehicle policy, the Morrison government’s new strategy leaves Australia idling in the garage
How does the new strategy add up?
Jake Whitehead, The University of Queensland; Jessica Whitehead, The University of Queensland, and Kai Li Lim, The Un...