In this latest instalment of Future Chronicles, an imagined history of future inventions, Rowan Hooper explains how the ...

CBS News looked at the cost of producing coal, gas, nuclear, wind and solar energy to determine which is the cheapest.

Ice generates electricity as a response to stress when it bends. Experiments with pure and saline ice found that with enough ...

His words were spot-on. He projected humanity as he honored the pivotal gravity of the moment and the critical choices it ...

This persnickety number determines the strength of magnetic fields. It figures in everything from motors and generators to audio speakers. Oh, and without it we’d live in eternal darkness.

Scientists using new ways to eavesdrop on fish have captured a cacophony of thumps, honks, burps and grunts in underwater ...

Door-knocking is common in the solar industry and not well regulated. Being informed can protect you from predatory tactics.

Everyone seems to agree that we are faced with an existential threat but has contrary ideas of what the threat is — so how do ...

Solar panels are a hot topic as a potential replacement for traditional power sources, but could you use them to replace your ...

With the onset of climate change in the 21st century, humanity has realized that the excessive consumption of fossil fuels leads to global and irreversible consequences. And we have desperately began ...

The creation of a powerful new supercomputer is set to put Essex at the heart of the UK's artificial intelligence (AI) revolution. Work had already been ongoing to build a £2bn data centre in Loughton ...