A simple DIY solar AC uses ice storage to deliver 700W of cooling at night, offering an efficient off-grid alternative to ...

A well-known property of wall warts like power bricks and USB chargers is that they always consume some amount of power even ...

At the very edge of the Solar System, humanity’s oldest spacecraft are still sending data back to Earth. Strange signals, unexpected behavior, and unexplained readings have raised new questions about ...

Voyager 2’s flyby of Uranus in 1986 recorded radiation levels so extreme they baffled scientists for nearly 40 years. New research suggests the spacecraft caught Uranus during a rare solar wind event ...

If you’re off-roading, it’s a neat idea to use your engine to top up your battery, which prompted Bluetti to launch the Charger. You could hook it to your alternator and draw off energy as you drove ...

James has been writing about technology for years but has loved it since the early 90s. While his main areas of expertise are maker tools -- 3D printers, vinyl cutters, paper printers, and laser ...

Voyager has boldly ventured to a stunning 50,000-degree boundary, revealing new insights into the solar system's mysteries. This fiery wall challenges our understanding of solar wind and cosmic ...

Voyager 1, launched in 1977, has traveled farther than any spacecraft in human history. After more than four decades of silent endurance through space, it now sails beyond the orbit of the outer ...

An international research team has conceived a dual-component controller for three-phase inverters that can reportedly achieve faster settling times, reduced overshoot and more stable current tracking ...

In the future, your electric vehicle could be covered in solar panels—not only on the roof, but all over the exterior of the car—thanks to a special paint coating. Whether driving or parked, that ...

Voyager 1, which has traveled further from Earth than any other human-made object, has resumed contact after a brief period of silence. Last month, on October 19, Voyager 1 stopped sending signals ...