The sun, our solar system's ultimate powerhouse, outshines all other energy sources combined by a staggering factor of a trillion. Solar energy remains a critical player in shaping global energy ...

Rural electric cooperatives will struggle transitioning to renewable energy sources more than their investor-owned utility counterparts during the next few decades. A new report from the Mankato-based ...

A research team affiliated with UNIST has made a significant breakthrough in overcoming one of the most persistent challenges hindering the commercialization of two-dimensional (2D) semiconductor ...

Water splitting has long been hailed as a promising path to clean hydrogen fuel. But while the process looks elegant on paper, it turns out to be far less efficient in practice, demanding ...

New research is shedding light on one barrier to a clean energy future: corrosion. Using nanoscale imaging techniques, researchers have captured high-resolution videos of tiny crystals of ruthenium ...

It is the policy of Michigan Technological University that all equipment be locked out during servicing and/or maintenance work to protect against accidental or inadvertent activation which could ...

Berkeley Lab scientists create microcapacitors with ultrahigh energy and power density. The microcapacitors are made with engineered thin films of hafnium oxide and zirconium oxide. The technology ...

As the name implies, the Breakout mission in Star Wars Outlaws’ campaign doesn’t start with Ank being immediately freed as Kay expected. Instead, she needs to make a deal with Qi’ra, head of the ...

Scientists have overcome one of the "greatest uncertainties" in the operation of future fusion reactors. In order to shield the fusion plasma from impurities in the reactor walls, which greatly ...