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energy and fuels

A grid of houses

Technology

AI can tell which buildings are energy efficient from the outside

AI can use images from Google Street View and satellites to estimate building energy efficiency across entire cities. That could guide investments in reducing energy waste and fighting climate change

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How hacking your metabolism can help you burn fat and prevent disease

Health

How hacking your metabolism can help you burn fat and prevent disease

Features

Fewer than expected boys were born in England and Wales three months after lockdown was introduced

Health

Fewer boys born in England and Wales in early stage of the pandemic

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Gas power plant

Environment

How will Germany navigate its gas shortage nightmare this winter?

Analysis

Britain's main opposition Labour Party leader Keir Starmer delivers his keynote address to delegates third day of the annual Labour Party conference in Liverpool, north west England, on September 27, 2022. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP) (Photo by OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images)

Environment

Could Labour's Great British Energy firm spark a green revolution?

Analysis

The gas leak at Nord Stream 2

Humans

Russia's Nord Stream gas pipelines to Europe suffer mysterious leaks

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An above view of the front of a container ship moving through deep, blue ocean waters on a sunny day with dry hills in the background on shore. The ship is fully loaded with colourful, truck-sized cargo containers.

Environment

Decarbonising the shipping industry will cost more than $1 trillion

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PD30RR Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae), swimming together, underwater view, Tonga, Western, Fiji

Life

Web of blood vessels helps protect whales’ brains while swimming

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Dinendra Haria/SOPA Images/Shutterstock (12834270d) A Tesla electric car using an EV Charging Point in London. According to the consumer group Which?, 31% of electric car owners reported problems with their vehicle in the first four years compared with 19% with petrol cars, and 29% with diesel cars. The survey found that the most common faults with electric vehicles were software issues, not motor or battery problems. Electric cars may be less reliable than petrol and diesel cars in London, UK - 03 Mar 2022

Technology

Too many electric cars charging at night may overload electrical grid

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Engine based on Maxwell’s demon concept may help us understand entropy

Physics

Engine based on Maxwell’s demon concept may help us understand entropy

Researchers have built an engine based on a famous thought experiment called Maxwell’s demon, and it may help us understand how entropy is produced

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Environment

World’s richest countries fall short on renewable energy targets

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Health

Umbilical cord 'milking' cuts brain injury risk for babies born limp

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Technology

Tiny static electricity generators could produce power from waves

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Technology

Ethereum Merge: What will the radical update mean for cryptocurrency?

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