Scientists studied the potential of growing corn near solar panels, finding a viable path despite shady conditions. Sheep, lettuce and peppers are already thriving alongside solar panels on working ...

In the late 1980s, when Switzerland was just beginning to experiment with solar power, engineers bolted a few shiny panels ...

A multidisciplinary team from the California Institute of Technology is a winner of the 2024 Gizmodo Science Fair for testing a satellite that proves it’s possible to collect solar energy in space and ...

The study involved double-sided vertical solar panels. Scientists make groundbreaking discovery about crops grown near solar ...

Europe is looking to send up a terawatt belt into space. It would involve satellites covered in solar panels that would ...

Dignitaries formally inaugurate the beginning of FLARE operations. From left: Vyacheslav (Slava) Lukin; Hantao Ji, PPPL physicist and FLARE’s principal investigator; Brandon Thorne, director of ...

Space-based solar power could deliver clean electricity day and night, but launch costs, safety, and scale remain major ...

Near Hickman, California, just outside Modesto, a 110-foot-wide grid of solar panels now tops a section of canal, arching over the gently flowing water. Solar projects have long been a crucial piece ...

'Moonglass’ made from the lunar surface might be particularly radiation-resistant. By Tom Hawking Published Apr 4, 2025 10:38 AM EDT Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, ...

While its star projector leaves a lot to be desired, the Science Can Solar System Planetary Projector is a fantastic educational tool for kids, with its solar system model, complete with talking ...