Simultaneous packing structures in superionic water may explain ice giant magnetic fields

Superionic water—the hot, black and strangely conductive form of ice that exists in the center of distant planets—was ...
Interesting Engineering

Breakthrough method produces hydrogen using plastic without scarce, expensive platinum

Using sunlight, water and tiny particles of electrically conductive plastic, researchers produced hydrogen efficiently, ...
Tech Xplore

Solar hydrogen can now be produced efficiently, no platinum required

A research team led by Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, has presented a new way to produce hydrogen gas without the ...
pv magazine International

China connects world’s largest vanadium flow battery project

The GWh-scale long-duration energy storage project is expected to reduce curtailment in Xinjiang, a region of China with high solar and wind generation, and transmission bottlenecks. The flow battery ...
Science Daily

The invisible energy cost that keeps life from falling apart

Living cells pay a hidden energy price not just to run chemical reactions, but to keep them on track and block all the ...

Busting the 5 biggest myths about renewable energy

From the scale of danger posed by wind turbines to the actual price of installing home solar panels, here are the facts you ...
USA Today

How GM Energy plans to revolutionize electric vehicle ownership in America

USA TODAY Cars discussed GM Energy's future plans and new tech with the company's vice president Wade Sheffer. Sheffer explained that new GM Energy tech is part of an entire ecosystem built around the ...
Ars Technica

Solar’s growth in US almost enough to offset rising energy use

Worries about the US grid’s ability to handle the surge in demand due to data center growth have made headlines repeatedly over the course of 2025. And, early in the year, demand for electricity had ...
The Hill

Senate Republicans pitch spending cuts in energy and water bill

Senate Republicans are floating spending cuts for energy and water in an appropriations bill released Monday. The legislation, which funds the Energy Department and various water programs across the ...
Gizmodo

Powering AI Could Soon Use as Much Water as 10 Million Americans

The rise of AI is changing the world in more ways than one. As this booming new industry revolutionizes the way we live and work, scientists are racing to quantify its environmental impact as well.
CNET

Your AI Videos Use Way More Energy Than Chatbots. It's a Big Problem

Katelyn is a writer with CNET covering artificial intelligence, including chatbots, image and video generators. Her work explores how new AI technology is infiltrating our lives, shaping the content ...
Pew Research Center

What we know about energy use at U.S. data centers amid the AI boom

Artificial intelligence has developed rapidly in recent years, with tech companies investing billions of dollars in data centers to help train and run AI models. The expansion of data centers has ...