Very soon after the Big Bang, the universe enjoyed a brief phase where quarks and gluons roamed freely, not yet joined up ...

The Environmental Protection Agency plans to end Energy Star, a popular program whose iconic blue labels have certified the energy efficiency of home appliances for more than three decades ...

Employees were told that the popular energy efficiency certification program would be “de-prioritized and eliminated,” according to documents and a recording. By Lisa Friedman and Rebecca F.

"We are able to make miniature stars, 'cause fusion is the same reaction that powers the Sun and stars," said Tammy Ma, who leads the Fusion Energy Initiative at the National Ignition Facility ...

As the world marks the International Day of Clean Energy in 2025, global momentum behind nuclear energy continues to build, with the clean power source set to generate record levels of electricity in ...

In his book The Mathematical Universe, mathematician William Dunham wrote of John Venn’s namesake legacy, the Venn diagram, “No one in the long history of mathematics ever became better known ...

In 2016, Alex de Vries read somewhere that a single bitcoin transaction consumes as much energy as the average American household uses in a day. At the time, de Vries, who is Dutch, was working at ...

As government agencies, corporate leaders and individuals worldwide seek to slow the impact of climate change and create a more sustainable future, several types of renewable energy have seen ...

In any discussion about climate change, renewable energy usually tops the list of changes the world can implement to stave off the worst effects of rising temperatures. That's because renewable ...

The global popularity of Bitcoin (BTC) has resulted in its network energy consumption sitting at 147.3 terawatt-hours per year as of Jan. 19, 2024. This puts the network close to the yearly ...