Energy

AT&T introduces a cellular phone charger that won't suck up electricity when left in the plug.

3 | March 18, 2010 1:43pm | By Melissa Mahony

European researchers have created a three-dimensional invisibility cloak that made gold disappear.

9 | March 18, 2010 1:40pm | By Boonsri Dickinson

Accenture on Thursday announced the launch of a data management platform intended to help utilities design, deploy and manage smart grids.

March 18, 2010 9:23am | By Andrew Nusca

The United States produced 600 billion cubic meters of natural gas in 2009, likely surpassing Russia as the world's largest producer. Our economy will increasingly be more powered by this abundant...

1 | March 18, 2010 9:13am | By Joe McKendrick

When your phone is fully charged a little light on the top of the charger goes off, and the charger throttles back its power drain from your wall. It can also connect with multiple phones via a...

March 18, 2010 7:53am | By Dana Blankenhorn

Web-based application gets top honors for improving grape vineyard yields with a minimum of waste.

2 | March 18, 2010 5:31am | By Heather Clancy

The size of a quarter, this new antenna from a team at Virginia Tech might be the world's smallest and one of the most versatile.

2 | March 18, 2010 4:00am | By Melanie D.G. Kaplan

At age 18, Erika DeBenedictis has created a software navigation system that would let spacecraft find the fastest and most fuel-efficient transit routes through the solar system.

2 | March 18, 2010 4:00am | By Christina Hernandez

Tokyo bikers get a solar push as Sanyo unveils two parking lots that charge hybrid electric bicycles.

3 | March 17, 2010 12:42pm | By Melissa Mahony

Americans could save a collective $120 billion if they ditched fluorescent and incandescent lights for those using light-emitting diode, or LED, technology, according to a new report.

12 | March 17, 2010 11:53am | By Andrew Nusca

General Electric said it is "doubling down" its efforts to accomplish its goal of transforming every home into net-zero energy by 2015.

4 | March 17, 2010 6:30am | By Andrew Nusca

Intel's Lorie Wigle says the company known best for its computer microprocessors is actually a top five player in the smart grid.

March 17, 2010 6:00am | By Andrew Nusca

If you really want to be an environmental star, you need to look beyond appliances.

7 | March 17, 2010 3:15am | By Melanie D.G. Kaplan

A New York school turned a push to cut energy consumption into a hands-on learning project.

2 | March 16, 2010 4:43pm | By Heather Clancy

A government project hopes to install wind, solar and small hydro projects in some of the country's most toxic places. A windmill in every Superfund site?

3 | March 16, 2010 1:50pm | By Melissa Mahony

Sometimes, being in the dark is a good thing.

March 16, 2010 12:54pm | By Heather Clancy

First Solar joined the Desertec Industrial Initiative, a solar power project that aims to supply 15 percent of Europe's power by 2050. Other solar players also landed big deals.

1 | March 16, 2010 6:59am | By Larry Dignan

K. Venkatesh Prasad, head Ford infotronics research and advanced engineering, sees the auto as a mashup where computing meets the car cabin. But how does he get there?

7 | March 16, 2010 3:30am | By Larry Dignan

Ford releases their newest police car. As production ceases for the Crown Vic, will the boys (and girls) in blue go green?

12 | March 15, 2010 11:13am | By Melissa Mahony

Integrating disparate enterprise applications will be core to a central understanding of progress.

March 15, 2010 8:01am | By Heather Clancy