After decades of fighting for renewable energy, solar power is finally achieving economic dominance. But AI data centers ...

A multidisciplinary team from the California Institute of Technology is a winner of the 2024 Gizmodo Science Fair for testing a satellite that proves it’s possible to collect solar energy in space and ...

Innovations in solar power are driving a new energy experiment in California. The experiment officially launched in 2025 under the title Project Nexus, and it involves a 115-foot-wide canal covered in ...

Scientists studied the potential of growing corn near solar panels, finding a viable path despite shady conditions. Sheep, lettuce and peppers are already thriving alongside solar panels on working ...

Dignitaries formally inaugurate the beginning of FLARE operations. From left: Vyacheslav (Slava) Lukin; Hantao Ji, PPPL physicist and FLARE’s principal investigator; Brandon Thorne, director of ...

Near Hickman, California, just outside Modesto, a 110-foot-wide grid of solar panels now tops a section of canal, arching over the gently flowing water. Solar projects have long been a crucial piece ...

Engineering an efficient, affordable solar-power car has eluded automotive enthusiasts for decades. While the technology is ...

As the Trump administration's One Big Beautiful Bill strips billions of dollars from solar projects across the nation, California's $20 million solar gamble called "Project Nexus" is paying off. This ...

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