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Joby Aviation's aircraft

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Electric flying vehicle gets clearance for flight tests in the US

Joby Aviation's electric flying vehicle has received regulatory permission to begin test flights in the US, ahead of delivering the vehicle to the US Air Force next year

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Life

Nematode worms use electricity to jump onto bumblebees and fly away

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A wind farm in South Lanarkshire, UK

Technology

Software update for world’s wind farms could power millions more homes

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Solar panels and wind turbines at a new solar park near Prenzlau, Germany

Environment

Emissions from global electricity generation may have now peaked

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Electrical field of a fruit fly

Life

Jumping parasitic worms use static electricity to hit their targets

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Electric power station with blue sky background

Technology

A massive power transformer shortage is wreaking havoc in the US

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Illustration of a pulse of electrons

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Shortest pulse of electrons ever created lasts just 53 attoseconds

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Woman washing hands

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Surplus wind energy to heat water for fuel-poor households in Ireland

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TOPSHOT - The sun sets behind the Burbo Bank Offshore Wind Farm in Liverpool Bay in the Irish Sea in north west England on May 26, 2021. (Photo by Paul ELLIS / AFP) (Photo by PAUL ELLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

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UK expects to produce more electricity than it needs by 2030

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new houses with solar panels on roofs in Stirling, UK

Environment

Energy price cap means now might be the best time to green your home

The cost of heating UK homes using traditional technology is rising this week – making green options like solar panels and heat pumps a more affordable alternative

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Static electricity can keep desert solar panels free of dust

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UK energy crisis: Why renewable subsidies will help avoid price shocks

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Can electric fields help plants grow? New claims met with caution

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Jenson Button: ‘Extreme E is great racing without combustion engines’

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