July 12th, 2020 | by Carolyn Fortuna
Dr. Lewis Thigpen's memoir includes commentaries on how racial barriers exist in education and science prevent many people of color from achieving their potential
April 17th, 2020 | by Tina Casey
If all goes according to plan, a new thermoelectric makeover for power plants will put the squeeze on fossil energy by converting waste heat to electricity
January 16th, 2020 | by Steve Hanley
Electricity from renewables is expected to be the largest source of new electrical supply in 2020. But fossil fuels continue to dominate total US energy usage
January 10th, 2017 | by Tina Casey
The innovative solar company Giant Leap Solar is collaborating with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory on solar tech 10x cheaper than fossil fuel
March 23rd, 2016 | by Tina Casey
Researchers have teased energy storage blossoms out from graphene-metal oxide wallflowers, for better EV batteries and other clean tech applications
November 9th, 2015 | by Tina Casey
The mobile energy storage units also known as electric vehicles have been targeted for a makeover, with graphene and hydrogen in the mix to improve range
September 17th, 2015 | by Tina Casey
The cost of solar energy in the US will continue its rapid downward slide with $102 million in new DOE funding for new tech and market strategies
April 24th, 2015 | by Tina Casey
Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have used 3-printing to make a graphene aerogel for use in next-generation energy storage
December 31st, 2014 | by James Ayre
Researchers from MIT and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have now completed a relatively thorough and systematic evaluation (one of the [&hellip
April 8th, 2014 | by James Ayre
Americans are using more and more energy every year, according to the most recent energy flow charts released by Lawrence [&hellip
March 28th, 2014 | by Tina Casey
Scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have discovered how to help E. coli bacteria squirt out advanced biofuels, and the [&hellip
December 9th, 2013 | by Tina Casey
The solar company Natcore Technologies is set to take a huge bite out of the cost of producing solar cells [&hellip
September 13th, 2013 | by Tina Casey
We’ve been giving hydrogen fuel cells the sustainability stinkeye because of the huge amount of energy needed to manufacture hydrogen, [&hellip
August 26th, 2013 | by Guest Contributor
Originally published on Outlier, Opower’s blog. by Barry Fischer, Opower’s head writer An updated analysis published last month by the Lawrence Livermore National [&hellip
December 23rd, 2012 | by Guest Contributor
The good folks at Opower recently put together an interesting post on some top energy statistics from the year. [&hellip
December 5th, 2012 | by Zachary Shahan
Here’s some recent climate change, climate policy, and fossil fuel news for you, in case you missed it (a [&hellip
October 25th, 2012 | by Tim Tyler
A new study released by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) shows that renewable energy use in the U.S [&hellip
September 10th, 2012 | by James Ayre
All of the world’s energy needs could be provided for solely by wind power, according to new research from [&hellip
February 18th, 2012 | by Andrew
They're at it again--Republicans and Democrats in a practically dysfunctional Congress fought over budgetary matters this past week, specifically an extension of the wind energy production tax credit. The wind energy PTC has helped spur billions of dollars of investment in a young, emerging industry that's going to prove vital in decades to come. It's helped create thousands of good jobs when job creation has cratered. It's improved environmental and health conditions. We won't have it, Congressional Republicans voted once again
October 11th, 2010 | by Tina Casey
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has announced an ambitious plan to hire a whopping 300 new employees, with the goal of [&hellip
