Solar-collecting windows could make office buildings and skyscrapers more energy efficient, but harnessing solar power while retaining transparency is a tricky engineering problem. A new study from ...

A man holding a cup of coffee holds back a curtain to look out a window. - S B Stock/Shutterstock Sunwarmed surfaces, sometimes too hot to touch, give us everyday evidence of the energy put out by our ...

Chinese scientists say they have created a transparent solar coating that turns ordinary windows into energy generators without affecting clarity, according to a Science Daily report. The coating, ...

Scientists have created a transparent solar coating that turns ordinary windows into clean energy generators without affecting clarity. Using cholesteric liquid crystal layers, the coating redirects ...

Researchers have set a new efficiency world record for converting sunlight into electricity using transparent solar cells. The breakthrough, made by an international team from the CitySolar project, ...

Lenovo has cooked up a new laptop with a solar panel with sufficient energy-absorbing capability to turn 20 minutes of sunlight into enough charge for an hour of video playback. Give it up for the ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Solar-collecting windows could make office buildings and skyscrapers more energy efficient, but harnessing solar power while retaining transparency ...