LOS ANGELES - US academic journal Science on Thursday named the renewable energy surge as the 2025 Breakthrough of the Year, ...

Turning sunlight into clean hydrogen fuel is one of the most promising ways to produce energy without carbon emissions.

A group of Limerick-based scientists has discovered how to generate electricity from human tears, saliva, and milk. It is hoped the discovery by the University of Limerick (UL) research team may ...

Four Stanford graduate students — Akshay Rao Ph.D. ’26, Edward Apraku Ph.D. ’26, Jimin Zhou Ph.D. ’26 and Juliet Nwagwu Ume-Ezeoke Ph.D. ’26 — were named Siebel Scholars in recognition of their ...

For the first time, researchers were able to produce more energy from a fusion reaction than was used to trigger it – a massive step in the pursuit of clean, efficient energy. Researchers have ...

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Researchers have unveiled an “evapolectric” device that pulls energy from the evaporation of water, producing significantly more electrical power than previous moisture-based energy technologies. The ...

Amber alert? SFI’s research centre Amber urged stakeholders to consider investing further in materials science following recent stats about data centres. Materials science could hold the answers to ...

Scientists in Ireland have discovered a method of producing electricity from tears. Pressure is used to create energy from protein crystals found in the saliva, milk and tears of mammals as well as ...

Breaking down in tears will soon be able to light up a room thanks to a team of Irish scientists. Researchers from the University of Limerick (UL) found that applying pressure to a protein found in ...

What is a conductor and an insulator? If electricity can pass through an object, we call it an electrical conductor. If electricity can't pass through it, we call it an Insulator. Metal is a good ...