Penn State scientists have unveiled a new theory-driven method to predict superconductors, offering a possible path toward materials that could conduct electricity perfectly. Electricity travels ...
Data centers accounted for 4% of total U.S. electricity use in 2024. Their energy demand is expected to more than double by 2030.
Russell was one of the people that established the reputation of Princeton Plasma Physics Lab as the place to do plasma ...
New research from King's Business School has suggested too much success can be a problem, at least when it comes to ...
Students and faculty of UC Santa Barbara’s physics department gathered in Corwin Pavilion for the department’s annual Nobel Prize-focused colloquium on Oct. 14. This year’s event was particularly spec ...
Solar electricity is growing rapidly, but can it really dominate the global energy system? Here is what it will take for us ...
This year's Nobel Prizes have awarded discoveries and achievements that have benefitted humankind in a myriad of ways. Who ...
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The pH, or the acidity or alkalinity of an environment, has long been known to affect how efficiently catalysts drive key ...
Artificial intelligence has caused concern for its tremendous consumption of water and power. But scientists are also experimenting with ways that AI can help people and businesses use energy more ...
Winter pushes energy systems to their limits and the results reveal surprising differences between coal wind and solar.