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No, the 1989 Exxon-Valdez spill doesn’t make the list.
Nürburgring times are the yardstick that all new performance cars are measured. A lap under 10 minutes is good. Anything under eight minutes is astounding. But the new benchmark for the next generation of hybrid hypercars is seven minutes.
Never ones to turn down a chance to sing about vehicles, we can’t help but take a little inspiration from Zager and Evans: "In the year 2025, if man is still alive, if race cars can survive, what will we find?" The Los Angeles Auto Show Design Challe
Time for a selection of Christmas Gifts for our ON-Grid friends and family.
SolarCity’s new battery system might help solar become a significant source of electricity.
Oil production in Texas has hit its highest monthly rate on record, more than doubling in less than three years, according to new federal data.
A team of theoretical physicists from the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University is predicting that stanene, a single layer of tin atoms laid out in a two-dimensional structure...
Energy is everywhere, and I don’t mean a feng shui type of energy. I mean real energy, the good stuff that powers all of our electronics.
Using plastic to absorb light could lower the cost of solar power.
A Japanese company has taken stock of the world's energy needs and come up with a solution that is quite literally a moon shot.
When Hurricane Sandy swept across the East Coast last year, millions of people were without power after the initial onslaught of the storm.
Volcanoes don’t generally have that many uses. They're good for human sacrifice, amazing photos, and being the basis for my third favorite word: "volcanology," which refers to the study of volcanoes. Oh yeah, and they make killer health spas.
A Japanese firm announces its innovative solution to the nation's energy problems - a 250 mile-wide belt of solar panels on the moon
A 5.7 magnitude earthquake on the Gulf coast near Iran's sole nuclear power plant killed seven people and injured 30 on Thursday, emergency response chief Hassan Qadami told state media.
An Icelandic company figures out how to make methanol from waste CO2, but the economics may not work without a nearby volcano.
HydroBee wants to be your personal hydroelectric generator
If you've ever wondered what would happen if someone made one of Parrot's AR.Drones big enough to sit in, then heads-up, E-Volo's Volocopter VC200 is, broadly speaking, just that.
New inks and tools allow 3-D printing of lithium-ion technology.
As a science fiction fan, I’ve spent my life waiting for the day the government offers matching silver bodysuits to everyone.
Recently, the search has been on for longer lasting batteries.
SolidEnergy says its new battery materials store more energy and won’t catch fire.
As Canadian energy stocks are finally seeing a bit of a push, and demand for Canadian commodities looks set to rise, juniors are confident that economics will ensure that Canadian oil—the cheapest in the world—will find its way to more markets
I speak from experience when I say that it's actually fun to go into the woods, saw up fallen trees, then bring the wood home to burn over the winter.
Sir: Re: Gary D.'s piece on generator use. Good article; I've learned a few additional things over the years about generator usage which your readers may find helpful.
NASA's Peregrine Hybrid Sounding Rocket motor was hot-fire tested at Ames Research Center on Nov. 12, 2013. It uses paraffin-based fuel and nitrous oxide as the oxidizer for highly efficient combustion.
Starting Jan.1, 2014, manufacturers will stop making 60- and 40-watt incandescent light bulbs to comply with new federal energy efficiency laws.
Polymer glue helps fracture-prone high-capacity batteries last through more charges.
Polymer glue helps fracture-prone high-capacity batteries last through more charges.
The Environmental Protection Agency announced it is scaling back its ethanol blending requirement for 2014.
Stanford researchers say new materials could help lower the cost of producing fuel with solar energy.