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New way to pull uranium from water can help China's nuclear power push

Chinese researchers have a new method to extract uranium from seawater twice as cheaply as previous technologies. Their success comes as China needs uranium to fuel its unprecedented nuclear expansion

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Data centres may soon burn as much extra gas as California uses daily

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Tiny nuclear-powered battery could work for decades in space or at sea

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Should Ukraine capture a Russian nuclear power plant?

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Chinese nuclear reactor is completely meltdown-proof

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Tech firms claim nuclear will solve AI's power needs – they're wrong

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500-year-old maths problem turns out to apply to coffee and clocks

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Fusion reactors could create ingredients for a nuclear weapon in weeks

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Russia’s space weapon: Is it nuclear and does it pose a threat?

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Biggest science news stories of 2022 as chosen by New Scientist

Nuclear fusion, infectious diseases and an incredible new space telescope were ongoing stories in 2022, but what were some of the other big scientific developments, discoveries and events of the year?

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Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine started a new kind of nuclear war

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Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant 'not designed to withstand fighting'

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Russian shelling at Ukrainian nuclear plant risks 'another Chernobyl'

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Mini nuclear power stations may produce more waste than large ones

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