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Comment |
Unfounded concerns about photovoltaic module toxicity and waste are slowing decarbonization
Unsubstantiated claims that fuel growing public concern over the toxicity of photovoltaic modules and their waste are slowing their deployment. Clarifying these issues will help to facilitate the decarbonization that our world depends on.
- Heather Mirletz
- , Henry Hieslmair
- & Teresa M. Barnes
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Measure for Measure |
The heat of the moment
To celebrate the International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development, James Gallagher tells the story of the British thermal unit, a unit for heat.
- James Gallagher
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Editorial |
The power of fluctuations
The 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann and Giorgio Parisi “for groundbreaking contributions to our understanding of complex physical systems”.
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Q&A |
Inside ITER
The First Plasma discharge in the ITER tokamak is expected for 2025 with deuterium–tritium plasma operation ten years later. We spoke with ITER’s Director-General, Bernard Bigot, and Tim Luce, head of ITER’s Science & Operations Department, about the current status of the project and potential future directions in fusion research.
- Stefanie Reichert
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Editorial |
The way ahead for fusion
As the construction of the ITER tokamak enters its next phase — the machine assembly — now is a good time for a recap of the history and current status of nuclear fusion research.
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Experience of nature can drive its protection
Radiation for cooler cities
How to plot the climate catastrophe
Beware the lure of models
Value our natural resources
Invested in opinions
Tropical attractors
The danger of climate change complacency
The case for cold cases
The problem of attribution
Nature fights back
Clouding the issue
The certainty of uncertainty