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Materials science as key enabler for clean energy transition

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If you don’t change direction, you will end up where you are heading,” said Lao Tzu, the father of Taoism. Energy use is projected to climb to 629 quad BTUs by 2020, and 813 quad BTUs by 2040. Here, we give an overview of the opportunities that recent exciting results in materials science may open in selected areas of energy research.

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A Skeptic’s Take on Beaming Power to Earth from Space

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The accelerating buildout of solar farms on Earth is already hitting speed bumps, including public pushback against the large tracts of land required and a ballooning backlog of requests for new transmission lines and grid connections. The energy sent Earthward by the craft was too meager to power a lightbulb, but it was progress nonetheless.

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