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A design proposal for a series of tropical islands has just won the Helsinki Energy Challenge. The goal of this contest is to decarbonize heating systems in the capital city by 2030. Projects like Hot Heart by Carlo Ratti...

Scientists at MIT have created a new unconventional material that is highly effective at storing and releasing heat energy — and could be used as a battery...

Heat is often plentiful during the daytime for people in developing countries - but at night, when they're cooking and the sun is down, they don't typically have access to that heat and must use a material like dung or wood...

Most of us are quick to reach for our sunscreen before heading outdoors in the summer, but that might not be a great idea - especially for swimmers. New research reveals that sunscreen becomes toxic when exposed to chlorine,...

As part of the Soviet-run "Sun" research complex in Uzbekistan, a gigantic solar parabola reflects energy from the universe's largest star and focuses it into a light beam that can blast out temperatures up to 3,000° C...

From a sleeping bag that charges your gadgets to entire buildings warmed by body heat, scientists are harvesting the heat emitted by humans as a source of renewable energy...

The Precinct Energy Project (PEP) is part of urban renewal authority Places Victoria and Cogent Energy's plans for revitalizing the Dandenong city center...

From a sleeping bag that charges your gadgets to entire buildings heated by body heat, scientists are harvesting the heat emitted by humans as a source of renewable energy...

From a sleeping bag that charges your gadgets to entire buildings that use body heat to run heating systems, scientists are harvesting the heat emitted by humans as a source of renewable energy...

British telecommunications company Vodafone wants people to be able to use their phones, even when they're away from a power source for days on end at music festivals, for example...

Photo by Mark Andrew Boyer For starters, the BioLite Campstove is remarkably easy to use. I've used several types of gas and wood-burning stoves before, and the BioLite is about as user-friendly as they come. After attaching...

Last summer, British telecommunications company Vodafone deployed a recharging truck to music festivals to enable festival-goers to charge their gadgets...

Lockheed Martin has announced that it is to partner with the Reignwood Group to construct the world's largest Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) plant off the coast of southern China...

Cities and companies around the world tap into geothermal energy — the thermal energy below the Earth’s surface — but there’s another type of man-made energy coursing through sewer pipes beneath cities...

CBS Studios are going green by installing six PureCell stationary fuel cell systems at two of their production locations in California. The fuel cell systems are produced by UTC Power and they will be installed at CBS Studio...