Sunbeams contain a lot of energy. But current technology for harvesting solar power doesn't capture as much as it could. Now, ...

A Rochester team engineered a new type of solar thermoelectric generator that produces 15 times more power than earlier versions. By enhancing heat absorption and dissipation rather than tweaking ...

Through a detailed mapping of the operating principles of current geothermal systems, scientists are pointing to vast, ...

The Japanese conglomerate and the Osaka Metropolitan University are testing an aquifer thermal energy storage system that directly uses 10,000 m3 of groundwater stored at 5 C in a cooling well. It is ...

A modular metamaterial mimics DNA geometry to combine twist compression, tunable stiffness, fast recovery, and reusable shock absorption for robotics and impact systems. (Nanowerk Spotlight) Across ...

Iron and magnesium supplements can be taken together. However, they must be taken at separate times and may cause unwanted ...

A recent article published in Nature examined plasticity to identify a balance between plasticity and buckling instability, termed "yield buckling." Image Credit: John_T/Shutterstock.com This approach ...

Many people eat well yet still struggle with low energy, stubborn weight or chronic inflammation. The issue is often not the quality of food choices but how those foods are combined. Nutrition is not ...