Scientists at the University of California, Santa Barbara developed a "liquid solar battery" inspired by DNA that captures ...

Solar panels stop working when the sky goes dark. That simple fact has pushed energy researchers into a stubborn problem: how ...

Curved molecules that absorb sunlight, store the energy, and re-release it as heat are pushing the boundaries in solar thermal storage technology. The anthracene systems, derived from a by-product of ...

The sun can provide limitless heat for buildings and industrial processes. But using that heat on demand means capturing and storing solar thermal energy for when the sun isn’t shining. Researchers ...