Energy

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Oil Tops $100 as Iran Shuts the World's Oil Chokepoint Economy

Oil Tops $100 as Iran Shuts the World's Oil Chokepoint

Iran's closure of the Strait of Hormuz has sent Brent crude surging past $100 a barrel, triggering the IEA's largest-ever emergency reserve release of...

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How Plug-In Solar Panels Work—and Why Utilities Fight Back Technology

How Plug-In Solar Panels Work—and Why Utilities Fight Back

Plug-in solar panels let renters and homeowners generate their own electricity by connecting solar panels to a standard wall outlet — no installer, no...

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Friendship Pipeline Crisis: IEA Record Means Little to Budapest Economy

Friendship Pipeline Crisis: IEA Record Means Little to Budapest

The International Energy Agency's historic oil release relies on maritime shipments, precisely where Hungary and Slovakia cannot benefit. The Friendsh...

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F1 Chinese GP 2026: Can Anyone Stop Mercedes in Shanghai? Sport

F1 Chinese GP 2026: Can Anyone Stop Mercedes in Shanghai?

George Russell leads the Formula 1 championship to Shanghai after Mercedes' dominant 1-2 in Australia, but the sprint format and energy demands of the...

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IEA Releases Record 400M Barrels to Offset Hormuz Shutdown Economy

IEA Releases Record 400M Barrels to Offset Hormuz Shutdown

The International Energy Agency has authorized the largest emergency oil reserve release in its 50-year history — 400 million barrels from 32 member n...

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What Is Plasmonics and How Does It Work? Science

What Is Plasmonics and How Does It Work?

Plasmonics is the science of trapping and manipulating light using electron oscillations in metals at the nanoscale, unlocking breakthroughs in cancer...

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What Are Superconductors and How Do They Work? Science

What Are Superconductors and How Do They Work?

Superconductors carry electricity with zero resistance, enabling MRI scanners, maglev trains, and particle accelerators. Here is how they work and why...

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Fico Blocks EU Loan to Ukraine, Demands Druzhba Pipeline Reopening Economy

Fico Blocks EU Loan to Ukraine, Demands Druzhba Pipeline Reopening

Following a meeting with Ursula von der Leyen in Paris, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico confirmed that Bratislava will block the EU's €90 billion ba...

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China's 15th Five-Year Plan: Tech Sovereignty to 2030 Economy

China's 15th Five-Year Plan: Tech Sovereignty to 2030

At the 2026 National People's Congress, China formally adopted its 15th Five-Year Plan, a sweeping blueprint prioritizing AI, quantum computing, semic...

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Israel Hits Tehran Again; G7 Readies Emergency Oil Reserves Economy

Israel Hits Tehran Again; G7 Readies Emergency Oil Reserves

Israel launched a second wave of airstrikes on Tehran on Tuesday night, targeting areas near Mehrabad International Airport, as G7 finance ministers s...

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How Small Modular Reactors Work and Why They Matter Technology

How Small Modular Reactors Work and Why They Matter

Small modular reactors (SMRs) promise to reinvent nuclear power — cheaper to build, safer by design, and flexible enough to power remote communities o...

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How Perovskite Solar Cells Work and Why They Matter

Perovskite solar cells have leapt from a lab curiosity to a commercial reality in under two decades, threatening to upend silicon's decades-long domin...

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