Naysayers aside, there isn't a whole lot of bad you can say about Tesla Motors, which is good because they're about to impress us again.
Expansion is the name of the game now. Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk as set...
Since 1998, Intel has been a sponsor of the 70 year old Science Talent Search, a competitive science fair that draws the best and brightest teenagers to compete for a top prize of $100,000. This year Sara Volz, a...
The "Soundscraper" would be a state-of-the-art structure which converts the noise and vibrations a city produces into sustainable energy. The design of the structure was put together by Olivier Colliez, Julien Bourgeois, Romain Grouselle, Cedric Dounval and Savinien de...
The hope for thin-film solar has not been completely lost as the start-up Solexant is looking to raise more funds for the technology.
Initially considered a cheap alternative to conventional silicon solar panels, the thin-film solar was expected to take over the...
Global monsoon rainfall in the Northern Hemisphere has intensified almost three times more than what has been predicted by recent global warming models.
This is the conclusion of a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of...
Generating hydrogen, producing and desalinating water and creating energy are just some of the properties of a brand new nanomaterial, developed by scientists at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore.
The Multi-use Titanium Dioxide (TiO2) was invented by the Associate...
While some two million registered tractor-trailers on the road today average just 6mpg, Peterbilt's SuperTruck program is developing more efficient trucks for the future.
Cargo rail and shipping has revolutionized the way we distribute manufactured goods within the country, but...
According to the US Department of Energy, natural gas pipelines are an ideal way to distribute natural gas, even blended with hydrogen. Actually, blending hydrogen and natural gas is nothing new, and dates back to the mid-1800s.
The adoption of hydrogen...
Lithium-air batteries have a theoretical energy density of some 3,460Wh/kg but in practice hasn't been able to surpass that of a sodium-air battery at 1,600Wh/kg.
Development of the next-generation rechargeable battery is going to directly impact the performance and...
The world's biggest automobile market is suffering financially, and new Chinese fuel economy regulations could be both good and bad.
The small-car market in China really isn't all that bad regarding fuel efficiency, and averaged 30mpg in 2009. By comparison,...
