Conduction is the direct flow of heat from your warm body into your colder surroundings. In winter, all that heat escaping ...

A team of physicists has created a cloud of ultracold atoms that stubbornly resists the most basic rule of everyday ...

The 111 million buildings in the U.S. are responsible for 40% of all energy use in the country at an estimated annual cost of ...

Bill Gates-backed startup Antora Energy is preparing to roll out a containerized, modular heat battery, designed to store renewable energy at the lowest possible cost – then release it efficiently as ...

Engineers create a sand battery that they say will slash the carbon emissions in Pornainen, Finland, by 70% — it uses renewables to heat the sand to almost 850 degrees Fahrenheit. When you purchase ...

Heat pumps date back to the 1850s and are more energy efficient than furnaces or boilers. Image: Schon via Getty Images. Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 ...

Earth keeps getting warmer because more energy from sunlight stays trapped in the climate system. Scientists refer to this as ...

It was an engineering problem that had bugged Zhibin Yu for years — but now he had the perfect chance to fix it. Stuck at home during the first UK lockdown of the Covid-19 pandemic, the thermal ...

Researchers from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Stanford University have looked back to the past for inspiration in potentially offering a life-saving solution we'll need in ...

Electric HVAC systems can help you keep your home comfortable using a fraction of the energy. We spoke to experts to find out just how efficient they are. Mike De Socio is a CNET contributor who ...

Are you ready to be part of the next wave of energy innovators? The nuclear energy science certificate at the University of Wyoming offers a unique opportunity to dive deep into one of the most ...