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In the global race toward decarbonization, South America stands as both a beacon of potential and a cautionary tale. Brazil, Argentina and Chile, three nations often heralded as leaders in renewable energy, are now confronting a paradox: can an energy transition built on extractivism truly be sustainable? As the demand for “green” minerals such as lithium intensifies, the region’s ecosystems and communities are paying an increasingly visible price. While the global powers demand minerals, the South is barely able to support its most vulnerable populations. Are we witnessing a genuine transformation, or merely a rebranding of old extractive models under…

After decades of relatively flat electricity demand, the U.S. power sector is suddenly racing to keep up—and rural electric cooperatives, which serve 42 million people across 54% of the nation’s land mass, are feeling the squeeze as acutely as anyone. As a guest on The POWER Podcast, Jim Matheson, CEO of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA), laid out how roughly 900 co-ops in 48 states are responding to surging data center demand, supply chain pressures, and a shifting regulatory landscape. The Co-op Model Is Built Around the Consumer Matheson emphasized that co-ops operate on a fundamentally different business…

Federal energy regulators voted yesterday to keep in place accounting rules that allow monopoly utilities to charge customers for trade association activities, including political advocacy. The decision rejects calls to reform accounting rules and protect customers from footing the bill for these expenses.  The move comes as state regulators and lawmakers across the country have increasingly acted to block these costs from state-overseen retail rates – saving customers millions of dollars. Federal regulators could have done the same for federal wholesale transmission rates. Instead, they chose to maintain the status quo, allowing utilities to continue passing these expenses to customers.…

The American Physical Society (APS) recently honored two MIT faculty members — professors Yoel Fink PhD ’00 and Mehran Kardar PhD ’83 — as well as six alumni with prizes and awards for their contributions to physics and academic leadership.In addition, several MIT faculty members — Professor Jorn Dunkel, Professor Yen-Jie Lee PhD ’11, Associate Professor Mingda Li PhD ’15, and Associate Professor Julien Tailleur — as well as 12 additional alumni were named APS Fellows.Yoel Fink PhD ’00, the Danae and Vasilis (1961) Salapatas Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, received the Andrei Sakharov Prize “for defending the…

Harnessing Fusion for Lifesaving Medicine: The Journey of Mo-99 SHINE Set for $263 Million DOE Loan for Its Fusion Technology Avalanche Energy Awarded $5.2M DARPA Contract for Fusion Tech ARPA-E Announces $135 Million for Fusion Technology Program New UK Strategy for Nuclear Fusion Adds $266 Million to $2.5 billion Fusion Strategy Harnessing Fusion for Lifesaving Medicine: The Journey of Mo-99 Shine Technologies Fusion System will produce Molybdenum-99 (Mo-99), the parent isotope of the most widely used diagnostic tool in nuclear medicine. Harnessing Fusion for Lifesaving Medicine: The Journey of Mo-99 While nuclear fusion is often discussed as a future source…

Drill deep and drill differently. That’s what’s needed to exploit the nearly bottomless promise of geothermal energy in the United States and around the globe, according to participants at the 2026 Spring Symposium, titled “Next-generation geothermal energy for firm power.” Sponsored by the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI), the March 4 event drew 120 people, including MIT faculty and students, investors, and representatives from startups, multinational energy companies, and zero-carbon advocacy groups.“The time feels right to pull together good policy, great corporate partners, and the research and technological innovations … to make significant advances in the widespread utilization of this incredible resource,”…

As the shaky ceasefire continues in the Middle East, the US and Iran are preparing for talks in Pakistan this weekend, with US Vice President JD Vance set to lead the US delegation. Iran’s enriched uranium will be the sticking point, with the US refusing to acknowledge enrichment as a part of Iran’s 10-point plan for a permanent ceasefire. So what will happen to Iran’s nuclear program?  Interview with Melissa Parke, Executive Director, ICAN Listen to the interview on ABC Source link

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A special class of sensors leverages quantum properties to measure tiny signals at levels that would be impossible using classical sensors alone. Such quantum sensors are currently being used to study the inner workings of cells and the outer depths of our universe.Particularly promising are solid-state quantum sensors, which can operate at room temperature. Unfortunately, most solid-state quantum sensors today only measure one physical quantity at a time — such as the magnetic field, temperature, or strain in a material. Trying to measure both the magnetic field and temperature of a material at the same time causes their signals to…