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The world's biggest Roman candle has got nothing on this.

Batteries might gain a boost in power capacity as a result of a new finding from researchers at MIT

Ah, the cool, refreshing feel of air conditioning on a sweltering summer day

Conventional solar cell efficiency could be increased from the current limit of 30 percent to more than 60 percent, suggests new research on semiconductor nanocrystals, or quantum dots

As of June 9, 2010, if all the oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf of Mexico had been used for fuel, it could have powered 38,000 cars, and 3,400 trucks, and 1,800 ships for a full year

A team of chemists has perfected a simple way to make tiny copper nanowires in quantity. The cheap conductors are small enough to be transparent, making them ideal for thin-film solar cells, flat-screen TVs and computers, and flexible displays

The hairs on the surface of water ferns could allow ships to have a 10 percent decrease in fuel consumption. The plant has the rare ability to put on a gauzy skirt of air under water

An important step towards this elusive goal has been taken by a team of researchers. Discovered is an inexpensive metal catalyst that can effectively generate hydrogen gas from water

NASA's recently launched Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, is returning early images that confirm an unprecedented new capability for scientists to better understand our sun's dynamic processes

In an electrifying first, Stanford scientists have plugged in to algae cells and harnessed a tiny electric current