The sun, our life-sustaining star, is a source of light, warmth, and energy. But what if it had a dark side? What if the sun, ...

Research by the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) showed that plants in south-facing gardens grow up to 40% faster than those ...

Photovoltaic cells, first developed at Bell Labs in 1954, contain semiconducting materials that absorb light energy from the sun and produce a flow of electrical energy in response. These are the ...

BRIGHT gadget-makers have invented a laptop that charges up using energy from the Sun. Chinese tech giant Lenovo’s new laptop has solar panels built into the casing – allowing the battery to ...

Heat energy from the Sun is absorbed by everything on Earth, including us. While light energy from the sun makes things visible (if you've got your eyes open). People have invented ways to ...

It absorbs light energy, uses it to separate charge ... it would have many advantages. The free energy from the sun could be used to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and use it to build ...

Rooftop solar panels use a material, called silicon, to help transform some of the sun's light into electrical energy. This electrical energy then flows into the house, where it's used to power ...

Rooftop solar panels use a material, called silicon, to help transform some of the sun's light into electrical energy. This electrical energy then flows into the house, where it's used to power ...