A joint research team from The University of Osaka and Daikin Industries, Ltd. has identified a crucial new indicator for ...

Potential energy is stored energy. Potential energy is the energy that exists by virtue of the relative positions (configurations) of the objects within a physical system. This form of energy has the ...

Potential energy is the energy stored of position by an object. It is a type of energy that can be converted to other forms and related to some attractive or pushing forces. Gravitational potential ...

Editor’s note: The Lab Report is a weekly series in The Badger Herald’s print edition where we take a deep dive into the (research) lives of students and professors outside the classroom. Plastic, one ...

Editor’s note: The following column was co-authored by Alex Johnson, a post-doctoral fellow at Harvard University. Editor’s note: The following column was co-authored by Alex Johnson, a post-doctoral ...

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 ...

UC Santa Cruz chemists have discovered a new way to produce biodiesel from waste oil that both simplifies the process and requires relatively mild heat. This discovery has the potential to make the ...

It should be clear that our world runs on energy. Driving your car, washing your clothes, heating your house, and even running your computer (so you can read this post)—these things all require energy ...