Nanotechnology solutions are already beginning to shape industries like electronics, medical technologies, advanced materials, or pharmaceuticals. Let's take a look at the energy sector as a good ...

When Judy Cardell was finishing graduate school at MIT, her goal was to work for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. She landed a job there, only to discover it wasn’t the right fit after all, ...

Energy access and energy consumption in developing nations have grown to become arguably two of the most indicative barometers of economic prosperity. Interestingly enough, there exists an inherent ...

Cells manage a wide range of functions in their tiny package — growing, moving, housekeeping, and so on — and most of those functions require energy. But how do cells get this energy in the first ...

In the cavernous basement of Sabathani Community Center in south Minneapolis, two massive, 50-year-old boilers are undergoing maintenance before another long winter. Thelma and Louise, as the boilers ...

Kinetic energy is the energy of mass in motion. The kinetic energy of an object is the energy it has because of its motion. For example, in order to lift a heavy object, we must do work to overcome ...