Magnetic reconnection, in which magnetic field lines break and reconnect to change their topology, occurs throughout the universe. The essential feature of reconnection is that it energizes plasma ...

Emily Rhode is a science writer, communicator, and educator with over 20 years of experience working with students, scientists, and government experts to help make science more accessible and engaging ...

The lights are off, the house is quiet and nothing seems to be running. But electricity is silently flowing through the plugs in your home. This hidden drain is known as phantom energy. Also called ...

How is energy use changing? To limit global warming to a nominally safe level of 1.5°C as laid out in the 2015 Paris climate agreement, we must replace fossil fuels with practically inexhaustible, ...

There is a reason life that Earth is the only place in the solar system where life is known to be able to live and thrive. Granted, scientists believe that there may be microbial or even aquatic life ...

In addition to his appointment at the University of Colorado, Travis Nemkov is an Affiliate Investigator of Vitalant Research Institute and a co-founder of Omix Technologies. If you’ve spent any time ...

SAN ANTONIO – As another hot summer approaches, KSAT Explains went to a CPS Energy solar facility for a Q&A about how energy generated by the sun works. KSAT spoke with Mike Hale, CPS Energy’s Interim ...

Michael Graham Richard is a writer from Ottawa, Ontario. He worked for Treehugger for 11 years, covering science, technology, and transportation. So what is kinetic energy? There's motion everywhere ...

In states with deregulated energy markets, finding a renewable energy supplier is fairly simple. The nuts and bolts of those plans are not. Sam Becker is a freelance writer whose work has appeared in ...

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