PORTLAND, Ore. — By harvesting the energy wasted by ordinary shock absorbers, a prototype device aims to take over much of the work now performed by alternators. In hybrid vehicles, the GenShock also ...

Now that solar and wind harvesting technologies are a thriving market, researchers are seeking other environmentally related energy sources for which they can create harvesting devices. Vibration and ...

The University of Rochester research lab that recently used lasers to create unsinkable metallic structures has now demonstrated how the same technology could be used to create highly efficient solar ...

The dynamics of wind and solar generation are changing with the addition of energy storage systems. There was a time when the power industry addressed large swings in peak demand by overbuilding ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — University at Buffalo engineers are reporting a new energy dissipation device that they say could have far-reaching applications in transportation safety. Described in the ...