Nearly 200 years ago, a scientist named Michael Faraday tried experimenting to see whether Earth's magnetic field could help ...

Inside every living cell, tiny molecular machines are constantly in motion, shifting shapes, tugging on membranes and ...

Cells may generate their own electrical signals through microscopic membrane motions. Researchers show that active molecular ...

Solar power is a promising avenue for clean energy. Unfortunately, solar panels have one major weakness – they can't generate electricity in the dark. However, this weakness could soon change as ...

How can open ocean currents generate energy? Ocean currents contain kinetic energy that can be converted to electrical power using turbines. This is similar to offshore wind farms, or wind turbines ...

Turning red-hot lava from an active volcano into electricity would be dangerous and unreliable. Volcanoes don’t erupt on predictable schedules, and lava cools too quickly. But many countries, ...

Solar panels use sunlight to generate electricity, but they can do it around the clock, even when the sun isn't shining. Here's how. Solar energy is one of the most accessible and cleanest forms of ...

Wind and solar can only generate intermittent electricity, while oil is the basis for all the products in society. Two of the greatest inventions of all time are the incandescent light bulb and the ...