Energy

Construction equipment manufacturer Caterpillar has demonstrated its first battery-electric large mining truck.

A lab-made version of tetrataenite, a mineral found in meteorites, could replace rare earth elements in the production of permanent magnets.

Notre Dame researchers have used quantum computing to design a transparent window coating that reflects heat into the atmosphere.

Rechargeable cement batteries could allow for whole sections of multi-storey buildings to be made of functional concrete.

The simple compound costs just a fraction of similar carbon-capturing materials.

Meet the network using AI and satellite imagery to fight the illegal use of land in Brazil.

Meet the techno-optimists saving rainforests – and making their solution open source.

A new instrument aboard the International Space Station has been used to identify more than 50 “super-emitters” of methane.

Dubai built the world’s largest single-site solar plant - and it’s just getting started.

Molten salt reactors, a type of nuclear reactor first explored in the 1950s, could be the future of clean energy.

Many large mammals in Europe were close to extinction. New data shows us that the continent’s mammal populations are flourishing again.

Some governments might try to “geoengineer” the planet by spraying substances into the upper atmosphere to reflect sunlight away from Earth.

Which is more efficient: running the air conditioning all day long, or turning it off during the day when you’re not there to enjoy it?

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