Ford Motor Company lost more than $5 billion on electric vehicles last year, a figure that exposes a hard truth about building affordable EVs: the laws of physics set a floor on how light and cheap a ...

Perovskite solar cells have surged from laboratory curiosities to serious contenders against silicon in barely a decade, yet ...

Despite being riddled with impurities and defects, solution-processed lead-halide perovskites are surprisingly efficient at ...

This infographic depicts a simplified diagram of the novel energy-harvesting technique using the TL liquid. Implementation of this strategy in practice could help in the conversion of waste heat ...

There are roof shapes and ratios that maximize heat retainment and energy efficiency and, interestingly, ancient Italian architects and builders seemed to know it, too. While serving as a visiting ...

The study shows that in quantum devices, reading a clock consumes far more energy than running it. This insight will help ...

Most of us first hear about the irrational number π (pi)—rounded off as 3.14, with an infinite number of decimal digits—in school, where we learn about its use in the context of a circle. More ...

Roland Winston, SB’56, SM’57, PhD’63—a pioneer in solar energy, engineering, and physics—died Feb. 8 at his home in California. He was 88. Winston was a University of Chicago professor in the ...