energy & power

A team of engineers at Stanford University have found a way to make the...

Engineers at Stanford University have set a new record for solar energy output under...

It’s been a banner year for renewable energy in Scotland. In January, a report...

Lithium-air batteries have the potential to be the ultimate battery, with ten times the storage capacity of their lithium-ion counterparts. Scientists at the University of Cambridge in the U.K. have now developed a prototype of a lithium-oxygen battery that is more than 90 percent efficient, with high energy density and the ability to be recharged more than 2,000 times.

German scientists are about to turn on a nuclear fusion machine that has the potential to unlock a new clean, safe, and abundant power source. Engineers at the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics spend 1.1 million working hours building the machine, called the Wendelstein 7-X (W7-X).

Washington D.C.’s water treatment plant—the largest consumer of electricity in nation’s capital—is now converting...

London’s rapid transit system is getting an energy efficient upgrade that borrows technology from...

Creative engineering has recently made wind turbines and solar panels more efficient. The next...

In order to meet today’s energy demands, engineers are getting creative—making batteries out of...

Engineers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have demonstrated the first optical rectenna—a device...