Billions of cigarette butts end up on sidewalks, beaches, and gutters each year. They are small, easy to ignore, and hard to ...

Touch the back of a laptop and it often feels warm. This is because part of the energy used for computation and communication ...

A LED fixture Duke Energy has previously installed. The utility will work with the city of Franklin to convert more than 700 streetlights to LEDs. Submitted photo by Duke Energy Franklin and Duke ...

An assessment ranks the feasibility of converting 245 operational coal power plants in the U.S. into advanced nuclear reactors, providing valuable insights for policymakers and utilities to meet ...

From kinetic and potential to chemical and sound, various forms of energy exist on our planet. Each has its own properties and fuel processes that make aspects of life possible, including driving a ...

A new U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) study found hundreds of coal power plant sites could convert to nuclear, dramatically increasing dispatchable, carbon-free energy as the country strives to meet ...

Researchers found how carbon dioxide can be captured and converted through a single electrochemical process. A system based on these findings could help cut emissions from the hardest-to-decarbonize ...

Scientists from Ohio State University have developed a method to convert captured carbon dioxide (CO 2) directly into methane using a unique nickel-based catalyst, significantly reducing energy ...

As the climate crisis looms, scientists are racing to find solutions to common clean energy problems, including solar energy storage. Solar energy is one of the best renewable resources we have, but ...

Energy companies face choice between selling resources for depreciating currencies or mining Bitcoin at cost for potential ...

Solar cells are one of the most important technologies in the transition to renewable energy, but there’s still plenty of room for improvement. Researchers at New York University (NYU) Tandon have now ...