Solar Power

A new solar cell can produce two electrons for every particle of light that hits it, at least at certain wavelengths.

A robot arm mounted on tank treads can install solar panels day and night for an energy-hungry world.

The decathlon enlists nearly two dozen teams of students to design full sized, sustainable homes from the ground up using solar power.

Solar panels arranged as 3D towers can make as much as 20 times more power compared to a flat solar panel installation.

Supercomputers help researchers find deeper insight into the purity, structure and behavior of proteins, DNA and RNA.

Space-based solar power is still on hold, but projects in the U.S., Europe and Japan have slowly moved forward.

Americans used less energy and more renewable resources in 2009 than they did in 2008.

Solar panels nowadays are flat, but folding them in origami-like ways could help dramatically boost the amount of power they could generate.

A new solar cell can produce the same amount of energy as conventional solar panels while using less expensive material.

Scientists have created highly efficient, glitter-sized solar cells that could fit virtually any object and be woven into clothing.