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Scientists at the DIII-D National Fusion Facility are investigating a different approach to tokamak operation that has yielded promising results for the design of future fusion power plants.  Recent experiments have demonstrated that a plasma configuration known as “negative triangularity” can achieve the high-performance conditions necessary for sustained fusion energy, while also addressing a critical challenge related to heat management …

Dark energy—the hypothetical force accelerating our universe’s expansion—sometimes raises more questions than it answers. A new study, however, presents surprising evidence that black holes may be an incubator for dark energy—suggesting that the force may be less constant than we believed. In a paper published August 21 in Physical Review Letters, researchers used data from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument …

Sign up for the Starts With a Bang newsletter Travel the universe with Dr. Ethan Siegel as he answers the biggest questions of all. Here on planet Earth, humans have long sought to harness the power of nature to perform difficult tasks for them. Thousands of years ago, agriculture advanced greatly when the combination of domesticated animals and the plow …

To come up with typical numbers, the team that did the analysis tracked requests and the hardware that served them for a 24 hour period, as well as the idle time for that hardware. This gives them an energy per request estimate, which differs based on the model being used. For each day, they identify the median prompt and use …

Google shares how much energy is used for new Gemini AI prompts  Axios Google Wants You to Know the Environmental Cost of Quizzing Its AI  The Wall Street Journal As AI becomes part of everyday life, it brings a hidden climate cost  AP News In a first, Google has released data on how much energy an AI prompt uses  MIT Technology Review Our approach …

IN A NUTSHELL 🌌 Astronomers discovered the Midpoint cloud, a vast structure within the Milky Way, revealing new insights into star formation. 🔭 The Green Bank Telescope was instrumental in identifying this Giant Molecular Cloud located in an underexplored region of the galaxy. 🌠 The cloud’s dense gas clumps and masers indicate active star-forming regions, contributing to our understanding of …

IR-2025-86, Aug. 21, 2025 WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service today issued frequently asked questions (FAQs) in Fact Sheet 2025-05 relating to the modification of sections 25C, 25D, 25E, 30C, 30D, 45L, 45W, and 179D under the One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). These FAQs provide guidance on several energy credits and deductions that are expiring under OBBBA and their …

Sunrun, First Solar Stocks Fall. Blame Trump’s Energy Stance.  Barron’s Trump says U.S. will not approve solar or wind power projects  CNBC Trump’s Interior Department is turning environmentalists’ legal playbook against them  Grist.org E&E News: Trump revives attacks on renewable energy as solar surges  POLITICO Pro Trump vows US ban on wind and solar projects as energy bills soar: ‘Days of stupidity are over’  New …

President Donald Trump targeted New Jersey in a recent social media post — but got one critical fact wrong. Trump suggested on Tuesday that energy-generating windmills in New Jersey are to blame for the skyrocketing energy prices that have plagued households this summer. “STUPID AND UGLY WINDMILLS ARE KILLING NEW JERSEY. Energy prices up 28% this year, and not enough …

The dwarf planet is cold now, but new research paints a picture of Ceres hosting a deep, long-lived energy source that may have maintained habitable conditions in the past. New NASA research has found that Ceres may have had a lasting source of chemical energy: the right types of molecules needed to fuel some microbial metabolisms. Although there is no …