Discover how to create a simple thermal motor using an aluminum can and two small DC motors. This step-by-step tutorial demonstrates each stage of building a DIY thermal engine that transforms heat ...

A team of U.S. scientists has made a surprising discovery that could help bring fusion energy, a long-hoped-for clean energy source, closer to reality. In a recent experiment at the University of ...

Touch the back of a laptop and it often feels warm. This is because part of the energy used for computation and communication ...

Synthetic quartz may help reduce the carbon footprint of industries that produce things like glass, steel, and cement. In recent experiments, Federal University of Technology, Zurich, engineer ...

The Microsoft Thermal Energy Center, a groundbreaking geothermal heating and cooling system that serves the buildings of the tech giant’s 72-acre East Campus Modernization outside Seattle, was truly ...

Heat batteries quietly solve a major transition gap, storing surplus renewable electricity as heat.

The Kraftblock team at the site of one of their firm's thermal batteries, installed at a ceramics plant. The battery is the white container connected to the building via the chrome pipes. About half ...

Firebrick heat storage for industrial processes would substitute for about 14% of battery capacity worldwide by 2050 in a 100% renewable energy system, compared to a base case without firebricks, ...

The planned site of the Northwest Colorado Business District greenfield business and industrial park in Hayden, Colorado. (Photo courtesy Town of Hayden) This is your first of three free stories this ...