The key to future technologies can sometimes be found in the past. What Ravi Kishore is working to perfect, for example, has ...

It's pretty remarkable stuff; NREL proposes wall-shaped and snake-shaped designs for wave energy capture, as well as a heavy ball inside a balloon filled with gridded elastic generators, which could ...

Scientists in Japan have developed a new organic device that can harvest energy from heat. Unlike other thermoelectric generators, this one works at room temperature without a heat gradient. Usually, ...

On average, a single lightning bolt produces 300 million volts and 30,000 amps of electrical current. This begs the question — just what type of scenario would require a generator that could create ...

Having a home generator to provide backup power can be helpful, no matter where you live, but it’s downright essential if you live in an area prone to extreme weather and frequent power outages.