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This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world…

Nickel may not grow on trees—but there’s a chance it could someday be mined using plants. Many plants naturally soak…

Metals like nickel, crucial for the lithium-ion batteries used in electric vehicles, are in high demand. But building new mines…

In March 2017, at a small summit in Washington, DC, two Harvard professors, David Keith and Frank Keutsch, laid out…

Two main components determine a plant’s lifetime: the reactor pressure vessel and the containment structure, says Jacopo Buongiorno, a professor…

The Biden administration has reached an agreement to provide Intel with up to $8.5 billion in direct funding and $11…

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world…

Biotech seeds have been a huge business for a while. In fact, by sheer mass, GMOs are probably the single…

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world…

If you, like me, are unsure how a power plant can be virtual, my colleague June Kim just published an…

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world…

One significant difference is VPPs’ ability to shape consumers’ energy use in real time. Unlike conventional power plants, VPPs can…