Engineering an efficient, affordable solar-power car has eluded automotive enthusiasts for decades. While the technology is ...

The singlet fission experiment captured energy with high efficiency. (Kyushu University) Scientists are always pushing the boundaries of solar cell efficiency – how much of the available sunshine gets ...

Solar energy exports from China to the rest of the world surged in March 2026 as the world scrambles for fossil fuel ...

Explore how space solar power and satellite energy could beam clean, continuous electricity from orbit to Earth, examining ...

Stearic acid is a fatty acid derived from nature. It acts as the phase-change material. When the sun hits the black ...

Last year heatwaves hit from the Mediterranean to the Arctic, and Greenland lost 139 billion tonnes of ice, according to a ...

Hundreds of years ago, lead musket balls tore across European battlefields, littering the ground with toxic materials. Today, a team of scientists in Germany has scavenged a pile of this deeply ...

For years, one of the few worthy criticisms of solar power was that it can take up a lot of land. The solution was apparently ...

After years of testing portable solar panels, I've found that small adjustments to my setup can yield massive efficiency gains.

The sun is an incomprehensibly gigantic, constantly roiling nuclear furnace—but some days are even busier than others. Based ...

South Africa would seem like the perfect place for widespread uptake of solar energy, write Uzziah Mutumbi, Gladman ...

After the war in Iran repeatedly choked ship traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, one of the planet’s most important energy ...