Earth and Energy
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Hydrogen packs ten times the energy of traditional LiON batteries and is a clean, green fuel, but its commercialisation has…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The larger the wind turbines the more electricity they generate and the cheaper they do it – making renewables even…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Cold fusion is science fiction, but a new breakthrough could edge it from being theoretical to possible. Love the…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Being able to simulate immensely powerful and energetic explosions, from nuclear explosions to exploding stars, is more useful than you…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The world is energy hungry, and the lithium-Ion battery, even though it’s more popular than ever, is showing its age….
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The cost of generating electricity from renewable energy sources is approaching zero, and fossil fuels can’t compete as they face…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Real diamonds leave open scars in the Earth and workers suffer to extract them, but these new diamonds are the…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The technology we’re developing as a society is increasingly making sci-fi look tame, and we are only just beginning. …
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF We have an abundance of energy, and now we have the tech to tap into it – no matter where…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF We use superconductors in everything from MRI and NMR machines to sci-fi quantum computers, and room temperature superconductors will change…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Despite energy seeming scare our planet is swamped with it – but until recently getting easy access to all this…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Today’s combustion engine rockets are cheap-ish but not that efficient so the race is on to develop new and better…
