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The Jotuno Science Desk explains research, energy, climate and the scientific ideas behind technologies affecting daily life.
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Carbon Capture: Uses, Limits and Trade-Offs
Carbon capture may help in difficult industrial sectors, but cost, energy, storage and emissions reduction must be evaluated honestly.
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Why Biodiversity Matters Close to Home
Local biodiversity supports food, water, climate resilience and human experience, making ordinary neighbourhood decisions ecologically important.
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Gene Editing Explained for Non-Specialists
Gene editing can change biological material with increasing precision, raising important possibilities alongside safety, equity and governance questions.
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Why Battery Recycling Is Becoming Essential
Battery recycling can recover valuable materials and reduce waste as electrification grows, but collection, design and safe processing must scale together.
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How Renewable Energy Changes the Electricity Grid
Variable renewable power changes grid planning by increasing the value of flexibility, storage, transmission and responsive demand.
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The Science Behind Everyday Food Preservation
Food preservation manages microbes, moisture, temperature and chemical change to improve safety and reduce waste when methods are used correctly.
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How Climate Models Help Us Understand Risk
Climate models combine physics and observations to explore possible futures, supporting risk planning without predicting every local event exactly.
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How Citizen Science Contributes to Research
Citizen science can expand observation, strengthen local knowledge and build public understanding when participation and data quality are designed together.
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Can Low-Cost Sensors Improve Air Quality?
Low-cost air sensors can expand awareness and coverage when calibration, placement and careful interpretation prevent misleading conclusions.
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Materials Science Is Quietly Changing Daily Life
Materials science shapes batteries, buildings, medicine and electronics by connecting structure, properties, manufacturing and lifecycle impact.
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The Growing Problem of Space Debris
Space debris threatens satellites and future access to orbit, requiring tracking, prevention, coordination and responsible end-of-life planning.
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Why Mapping the Ocean Still Matters
Ocean mapping supports navigation, ecosystems, hazards and climate research while reminding us how much of the seafloor remains poorly understood.
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Soil Health and the Future of Food
Healthy soil supports crops, water, biodiversity and carbon storage through living processes that require long-term management.
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How Heat Pumps Work and Where They Help
Heat pumps move heat instead of generating it directly, offering efficient heating and cooling when buildings, climate and electricity are considered together.
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Green Hydrogen: Where It May Be Useful
Renewable hydrogen may help selected industrial and transport uses, but efficiency, infrastructure and genuine emissions savings determine its role.
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The James Webb Telescope Reveals New Cosmic Insights
New observations are helping researchers study distant galaxies, stars and planetary systems in greater detail.
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