Converting the power of water into energy is nothing new. Using ocean waves is. The power of the ocean could soon be used to power homes in the U.S. as scientists prepare to test an untapped form of ...

Fukuoaka's osmotic power plant is supplied by local desalination facilities and uses a natural process to generate modest ...

Researchers designed an energy-efficient device that produces drinking water from seawater using an evaporation process driven largely by the sun. Researchers at the University of Waterloo have ...

The discovery offers a powerful way to give waste plastics a second life as high-performance materials, advancing both a ...

In a laboratory in Norway, scientists have achieved something that sounds like science fiction: turning industrial waste ...

The US Army has teamed up with a clean-tech company to turn waste heat into drinking water for soldiers in the field.

Three years ago, Ted Treadwell turned his water heater into a battery. His home in Santa Rosa, California, had relied on a gas-powered furnace and water heater for a quarter-century to stay warm. But ...