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ADVERTISEMENT Chemists discover why photosynthetic light-harvesting is so efficient by Anne Trafton for MIT News Boston MA (SPX) Jul 04, 2023 When photosynthetic cells absorb light from the sun, packets of energy called photons leap between a series of light-harvesting proteins until they reach the photosynthetic reaction center. There, cells convert the energy […]

ADVERTISEMENT COP28 host UAE pledges to triple renewables by AFP Staff Writers Dubai (AFP) July 3, 2023 The oil-rich United Arab Emirates said it would triple renewable energy production as part of a raft of environmental initiatives announced on Monday, months before it hosts UN climate talks. The UAE, one of the world’s […]

ADVERTISEMENT Norway’s quest for ‘black gold’ from used car batteries By Pierre-Henry DESHAYES Oslo (AFP) June 30, 2023 Wearing a white lab coat and with a gas mask within reach, Ole Jorgen Gronvold measures the humidity of an intriguing dark powder touted as the planet’s next “black gold”. But this “black gold” — […]

ADVERTISEMENT China, Russia pledge $1.4 bn for lithium plants in Bolivia by AFP Staff Writers La Paz (AFP) June 30, 2023 China and Russia will invest $1.4 billion in lithium projects in Bolivia, a South American nation with vast reserves of the metal crucial for batteries to power electric vehicles, the government said […]