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Radiation sensors for potato plants could one day monitor radiation in the vicinity of power plants

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While expanding nuclear power production would provide carbon-free energy and help countries around the world achieve their climate goals, nuclear power could also come with some inherent risks. Radioactive pollution damages the environment and is virtually impossible to detect without specialized equipment. But what if plants growing near the facility could detect radiation pollution? The … Read more

Pollution from coal-fired power stations contributes to far more deaths than scientists realized, research shows

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Air pollution particles from coal-fired power stations are more harmful to human health than many experts realized, and are more than twice as likely to contribute to premature deaths as air pollution particles from other sources, new research shows. In the study, published in the journal Science, colleagues and I mapped how emissions from U.S. … Read more

Giant batteries are draining the economy of gas-fired power stations

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By Sarah McFarlane and Susanna Twidale LONDON (Reuters) – Giant batteries that provide a stable power supply by offsetting intermittent renewable energy supplies are becoming cheap enough to prompt developers worldwide to abandon dozens of gas-fired generation projects. The long-term economics of gas-fired plants, used in Europe and some parts of the United States mainly … Read more