energy & power

The intense radiation that nuclear reactors produce can make the reactor's metal porous and brittle,...

Six years ago, MIT professor Michael Strano discovered that carbon nanotubes produce powerful waves...

The Department of Defense aims to use renewable energy sources to meet at least 20 percent of its energy demand by 2020. In recent years, the military has taken steps to transition to renewable energy sources, but the ultimate goal has not changed: national security.

In order to build the world’s largest nuclear fusion reactor, the team at France’s...

Five years after the nuclear power plant disaster at Fukushima, the radiation is still...

Although it is possible to remove greenhouse gases from the air, the process has...

Today's solar cells are pretty amazing, thanks to research advances inspired by art, computers, and...

In many ways, graphene seems to be the cure-all solution for anything electronic, and it’s...

MIT researchers have demonstrated the thinnest, lightest solar cells that have ever been produced....

To improve lithium-ion batteries, scientists have found inspiration from silly putty, packing peanuts, and algae....