Homes with solar panels do not require on-site storage to reap the biggest economic and environmental benefits of solar energy, according to...
There’s a known rule-breaker among materials, and a new discovery by an international team of scientists adds more evidence to back up...
Harvard scientists report they have succeeded in creating the rarest material on the planet, which could eventually develop into one of its...
Faster recharging lithium batteries could be developed after scientists figured out why adding charged metal atoms to tunnel structures within batteries improves...
A team of University of Illinois researchers has recently advanced gallium nitride (GaN)-on-silicon transistor technology by optimizing the composition of the semiconductor...
Futurists and technology prognosticators have been known to make starry-eyed projections about the so-called Internet of Things. It’s a vision of a...
The day of charging cellphones with finger swipes and powering Bluetooth headsets simply by walking is now much closer. Michigan State University...
Researchers in Europe and the U.S. are focused on understanding ways to lower cell-to-module (CTM) interconnection losses as one of the keys...
Recently, Stanford University celebrated the opening of the Stanford Solar Generating Station in Kern County, California. The station will provide more than...
Technion researchers have developed a technology that could improve the efficiency of photovoltaic cells by nearly 70 percent. The study was conducted...
Battery-powered EVs are a better choice for reducing emissions than fuel cell vehicles, according to a study by Stanford University and the...
Bits & Watts is a major new Stanford University initiative focused on innovations for the 21st century electric grid—a new grid paradigm...
Solar energy has the potential to provide abundant power, but only if scientists solve two key issues: storing the energy for use...
Discovery Education and 3M have named 13-year-old Maanasa Mendu from Mason, OH the winner of the 2016 Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist...
Stanford and Oxford have created novel solar cells from crystalline perovskite that could outperform existing silicon cells on the market today. This...