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

Supercomputer simulations and as well as lab-based experiments showed that water serves as an invisible cage for the growth of micelle fibers

The work focuses on rechargeable Lithium-ion batteries, which are used in cell phones, electric cars, laptops, and many other electronics

Rice University scientists improve method to pull greenhouse gas from natural gas streams

Berkeley Lab study shows expected declines of 24%-30% by 2030 and 35%-41% by 2050

With three new detectors coming online in the next several years, scientists are confident they will collect enough geoneutrino data to measure Earth’s fuel level