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Catherine WheelerNY plans to build a nuclear power plant. The North Country wants to make its case The state is moving forward with plans to build a new nuclear power plant in Upstate New York. The ...

Type 1 diabetes is caused by an insufficient production of the hormone insulin by cells in the pancreas called beta cells and is estimated to affect 9.5 million people worldwide. Low insulin levels ...

Toyota’s $14 billion US battery plant is now up and running. The mega site spans 1,850 acres, or about 121 football fields, but Toyota is saying it will be even bigger. Toyota’s new US battery plant ...

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SAN FRANCISCO :IBM and Cisco Systems on Thursday said they plan to link quantum computers over long distances, with the goal of demonstrating the concept is workable by the end of 2030. The move could ...

The future of clean energy is unfolding on a desert plateau about four hours north-east of Las Vegas. Dotted around the spectacular sands near Milford, Utah, are nearly two dozen wells, each reaching ...