Robotics researchers are building a headlight that quickly adjusts to changing conditions, allowing drivers to see through rain and snow, follow GPS directions and dodge roadway obstacles...
Scientific American 's David Biello hosts a new episode of the TV series Beyond the Light Switch, focusing on the means to and effects of a more electricity-powered country. Steve Mirsky reports
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New homes wired with the latest smart gadgets cluster together around shared park spaces. Blue-black panels that transform sunshine into electricity grace a majority of roofs.
Renewable energy, spurred by a crisis in climate, may usurp fossil fuels by mid-century
Entrepreneurs aim to bring electricity to the world's energy poor without fossil fuels
The People’s Republic now produces more than three billion tons of coal a year, and the fossil fuel has played a key role in accelerating the nation’s growth, along with its carbon dioxide emissions, dating to the early 20th century...
The most far-seeing search ever performed for “Dyson spheres” and other artifacts of “astroengineering” comes up empty. Where is everybody?
Most companies and analysts think that Americans will find it hard to cut ties with the power grid
There's been no shortage recently of big companies going big on solar, nor of middlemen trying to pave the way for bulk buying of solar power, but when the beast that is national procurement gets involved, the ante is upped...
Miniature camera could be self-sustaining in smartphones and for surveillance
Last week, Stanford University researchers unveiled a new aluminum-ion battery chemistry with the unique ability to charge or discharge in less than a minute.
It’s official. Hillary Clinton is running for President of the United States. That wasn’t a surprise, but something about her campaign really stood out yesterday – and most people missed it...
This year, I've been very fortunate to be a part of the inaugural class of the Presidential Leadership Scholars (PLS) program, which brings together 60 leaders from around the country to work on projects designed to create significant social impact and change...
From predictions of nuclear "breakout" to monitoring "sneak out," scientific expertise is central to the success of the preliminary accord
The announcement comes as the solar industry in the U.S. booms, adding more than 30,000 people to its workforce between 2013 and 2014
For a leader who has made fighting climate change a priority, President Barack Obama's decision to approve Royal Dutch Shell's return to oil and gas exploration off Alaska was seen by many environmentalists as a contradiction...
Scientists prove that depleted AA batteries will bounce higher when you drop them, as inner material loses density
A progress report on ARPA-E’s efforts to clean up energy production
Mexico is the first developing country to lay out a plan to cut carbon dioxide, although some remain skeptical
A big, clean energy industry matures at sea
