Rain falls every day in many parts of the world. Most people see it as simple weather. However, researchers in Singapore now ...

Forget plugging in. Ampy stores up battery power by converting your movements into energy so you can charge your gadgets with the power of motion. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and ...

Energy, or the potential for creating it, is all around us. It is being tapped at an incredible rate from sources that are naturally replenished, such as sunlight and wind. But there is one other ...

Final speed of a bead on a frictionless track: a physics solution exploring energy conservation and motion dynamics. Learn how gravitational potential energy converts into kinetic energy and how ...

Earlier this year we highlighted Idaho startup M2E Power’s push to develop motion-powered electronics for the military. Now M2E is emphasizing the commercial applications for their technology, with a ...

Pretend, for a moment, that heat is visible, that our naked eyes can see the infrared rays shedding from objects all around. At closest range, we observe the incessant buzzing of molecules—vibrating ...

Energy plays a tremendous role, not only in our technology-rich daily lives, but in fundamental physics as well. The chemical energy stored in gasoline gets converted into kinetic energy that propels ...

April 10, 2009 The United States has about 250 million registered vehicles, which adds up to a lot of pollution and burning of fossil fuels. New Energy Technologies, Inc. prefers to look at it another ...

How does a yo-yo work? asks a reader.Can you Hop the Fence, Milk the Cow, Ride the Horse, and then Walk the Dog -- without ever setting foot on a farm? If so, you're probably familiar with yo-yo ...