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Big glass panels that are built into skyscrapers could soon produce solar power.
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Scientists in Georgia believe they have warmed up the cold solid-state lighting that we've become accustomed to.
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An optical senser on Hydreon Corp.'s rain gauge closes windows and vents when it rains.
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The firms behind the projects honored in the ninth annual awards program leveraged building information modeling beyond design and documentation to actually model building information.
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We ignore the facts at our peril.
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The desire to harness more diverse, low-grade sources of renewable power has resulted in a curious new technology from Fujifilm Corp.: a thermoelectric material that produces electricity from body heat.
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On a recent trip to Ohio, Blaine Brownell got the opportunity to visit the Akron Art Museum designed by Coop Himmelb(l)au and compares it to the Busan Cinema Center in South Korea.
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New treated cotton fabric can be converted into a superhydrophilic material, which can absorb and repel water vapor for drinking water, agriculture, or more.
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The hunt for a more efficient solar cell typically focuses on material technology, but a new renewable energy breakthrough, optimizing solar power, is based on geometry, reports Blaine Brownell.
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Researchers at the University of Colorado in Boulder takes topology, and the intersection between mathematical theory and physical world, to potentially develop properties that don't exist in nature, Blaine Brownell reports.