This week's science news.

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Solar energy developers eyeing parts of Southern New Mexico may not have to worry about dust after ...

Scientists have developed a solar desalination system that turns seawater into drinking water without creating environmentally damaging brine. Special laser-textured metal panels use sunlight to ...

A multidisciplinary team from the California Institute of Technology is a winner of the 2024 Gizmodo Science Fair for testing a satellite that proves it’s possible to collect solar energy in space and ...

Sun-Ways has estimated that panels across Switzerland’s roughly 5,000 kilometers of railway could produce about one ...

Halide perovskites are a family of materials that promise huge gains in power conversion and performance over typical silicon solar cells, but there's one problem—they're not very stable. A new study ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

For decades, science has understood the basics of photosynthesis, the process by which plants turn sunlight into food.

What kills a solar panel? Received wisdom suggests solar panels last for around 30 years, but that's not the whole story here. "30 years is our best guess," explained Garvin Heath of the National ...

Water contractors can expect to pay between 1% to 3% more for the energy it takes to bring supplies down the state through ...