Energy and Power

A class of crystals called perovskites are a hot research topic, because they are...

Power from sustainable resources could one day be stored in batteries that are also...

MIT researchers have come up with a compromise that could help bridge the gap...

Energy storage is a big problem for small electronic devices. Researchers at Aalto University...

When synthetic materials called perovskites made their solar cell debut in 2012, they were...

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...