Nuclear Power
Researchers in Japan have built a WiFi receiver that survives 500 kilograys of radiation – thousands of times what space electronics endure – paving the way for untethered robots to decommission reactors like Fukushima without trailing tangled cables.
The IEA says 2025 was the first year of solar’s dominance, with the largest single-year generation rise ever recorded for any source — pushing the world into what it calls the Age of Electricity as clean power finally outpaces demand growth.
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