Traditionally, engineering students have learned about the thermodynamics of gas turbines by studying diagrams and solving equations, but this year they also donned hard hats, safety glasses and ear ...

The U.S. Department of Energy and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory are sharing some of their recent work together to show communities and cities throughout the country how integrated clean ...

WASHINGTON — How many lawmakers does it take to change a light bulb? You may soon find out, thanks to an effort underway to illuminate the U.S. Capitol dome with more energy-efficient lighting. The ...

Well, energy is in everything: in the sunlight, in the wind chimes, and even in Milo here. Aw, he's always sleepy after a walk… but the potential is there. See, energy can't be created or destroyed.

How mission-driven lenders are unlocking private capital to scale clean energy and cut utility costs nationwide.

Nanotechnology solutions are already beginning to shape industries like electronics, medical technologies, advanced materials, or pharmaceuticals. Let's take a look at the energy sector as a good ...

Cells manage a wide range of functions in their tiny package — growing, moving, housekeeping, and so on — and most of those functions require energy. But how do cells get this energy in the first ...

The energy bill that passed the Senate on June 21 represents an important step toward a new energy direction for this country. The bill includes provisions that will go a long way toward making ...

When Judy Cardell was finishing graduate school at MIT, her goal was to work for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. She landed a job there, only to discover it wasn’t the right fit after all, ...

In 1929, the physicist Paul Dirac wrote, “The underlying physical laws necessary for the mathematical theory of a large part of physics and the whole of chemistry are thus completely known, and the ...