The National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Colorado is getting a name change. The groundbreaking research institute will no ...

Imagine charging your phone as you walk, thanks to a paper-thin generator embedded in the sole of your shoe. This futuristic scenario is now a little closer to reality. Scientists from the U.S.

SuperLab 2.0, a state-of-the-art facility designed to test and analyze the resilience of the US electricity grid, is gearing up to examine its ability to withstand potential disruptions, according to ...

Stretching across the entire continent, the North American electrical grid—technically a patchwork of five separate interconnections—is the largest machine in the world and also one of the most ...

This multisensory lab is home to a 5-foot-long electric eel, capable of generating up to 800 volts of electricity, as well as four black ghost knifefish, more than a dozen bluntnose knifefish, and ...

A team of researchers in the U.S. and Europe is poised to globally integrate electrical grids in a way that resonates with the creation of the internet more than 50 years ago. The group convenes at ...

Lab spaces, one of the fastest-growing classes of commercial real estate, can be energy hogs, using 10 times more than similarly sized offices. While major developers say they’re trying to improve ...

The Department of Defense's new Ground Systems Power and Energy Laboratory (GSPEL) will be one-of-a-kind. Nothing like it exists anywhere else in the world in terms of capabilities and equipment. The ...

The more I build out my home lab, the more I love it. Being able to tinker with operating systems, services, and networking gear is a fulfilling hobby for me, and the parts that work out make my home ...

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Government-owned Energy Queensland has commenced the development of a AU$6 million facility that will be used to test new energy solutions that could potentially be deployed into the national ...

The Department of Energy is preparing a new set of partnerships and innovations that could help the nation's three power grids handle a transformation in U.S. energy generation to meet lower emissions ...