The US is lowering its standards for power plant pollution while generative AI and the Trump administration revive old coal ...

Despite being riddled with impurities and defects, solution-processed lead-halide perovskites are surprisingly efficient at ...

Researchers at the DOE’s Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility are advancing two high-stakes projects ...

On Jan. 31, 1958, Explorer 1 became the first satellite launched by the United States. Its primary science instrument, a cosmic ray detector, was designed to measure the radiation environment in Earth ...

We need to build grid-scale energy storage that is reliable and robust. This is especially important for addressing power ...

The Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to rescind its 2009 “ endangerment finding ” — the basis for government regulation of greenhouse gas emissions — has unsettled many who see it as a ...

A surprising breakthrough could help sodium-ion batteries rival lithium—and even turn seawater into drinking water. Scientists discovered that keeping water inside a key battery material, instead of ...

Casimir cavities are mysterious spaces between microscopic metal plates in a vacuum. Areas of diminished energy between the ...

The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and Kairos Power have launched ...

To store heat for days, weeks, or months, you need to trap the energy in the bonds of a molecule that can later release heat on demand. The approach to this particular chemistry problem is called ...

The Museum of Nuclear Science & History has appointed six new board members. Their diverse expertise positions the ...

There’s a mysterious energy quietly influencing your brain. Could it explain where your consciousness originates?