Following a storm that left Texans without electricity, water, and heat, a report shows the complete costs of power outages remain unknown years later.

New research suggests tiny sparks are possible on Mars, and that "future colonists may find a world modified by static electricity in subtle ways."

A material that can go from metal to insulator works like a synapse with a bit of boron. The finding could be a step toward brain-inspired computers.

A new white paint keeps surfaces up to 18 degrees Fahrenheit cooler than their surroundings—almost life AC or a refrigerator, but without using any energy.

"...with this kind of technology, you can take society into a superconducting society where you'll never need things like batteries again."

A new green supercapacitor is flexible, lightweight, and cost-effective. It could charge your devices way faster, too, researchers say.

Electric fish use zaps to communicate but all that zapping can get confusing. When they sense their own signal, a brain function says, "Ignore it."

With a bit of voltage, researchers have shown they can turn droplets of liquid metal into streams the diameter of a human hair.

A new hybrid solar energy converter generates electricity and steam with high efficiency and low cost, researchers report.

A new device for blackouts improves energy delivery between home solar-power systems and the electrical grid, report researchers.