Because such devices are made of common scrap metal, they would be inexpensive and could help shift some of the energy storage burden from a centralized model to a localized one, the researchers say

Annual contest challenges scientists to explain complex science topics to 11-year-olds

UGA researcher has been awarded $1.3 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health to develop statistical tools to further clarify the causes of many diseases

Since its inception, I3 has been a valuable resource for researchers at the lab looking to combine different imaging approaches to solve complex problems

Novel technique may lead to longer battery life in portable electronics and electrical vehicles

Flooring could be even more “green,” thanks to an inexpensive, simple method developed by University of Wisconsin–Madison materials engineers that allows them to convert footsteps into usable electricity

Their work, published in Nature Scientific Reports, lays out a possible avenue to a situation where the Second Law is violated on the microscopic level

Researchers at ORNL uncover the chemical reaction that helps break down biomass for biofuel

Facility to lure star researchers with innovations that include the world's first compact X-ray laser

Engineers at Sandia National Laboratories are conducting the largest model-scale wave energy testing of its kind to improve the performance of wave-energy converters

Newly discovered phenomenon could affect materials in batteries and water-splitting devices

Prepared for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), the first-of-its-kind report maps out every power plant, refinery and mine in 21 Asia-Pacific economies that rely on fresh water for energy