When you picture solar panels, what comes to mind is probably flat, black rectangles on a roof. They’re functional and ...

When the sun goes down, solar panels stop working. This is the fundamental hurdle of renewable energy: how to save the sun's ...

Solar power is no longer inching forward, it is compounding. In laboratories and early commercial lines, scientists are ...

A new solar panel reaches up to 865 W, setting a historic record in power and efficiency for large-scale solar projects.

Perovskite-silicon hybrid solar cells, launching in 2026, promise 34% higher efficiency than traditional panels. This ...

Farm and Dairy: Giuseppe Strangi, professor of physics and the Ohio Research Scholar in Surfaces of Advanced Materials, was part of a team that created a new type of coating that could make the ...

Solar panel efficiency explained for Australia. Learn why some solar panels perform better and how to choose the most efficient system.

As one of five panels that will provide input to the steering committee of the Decadal Survey for Solar and Space Physics (Heliophysics) 2024-2033; the Panel on the Physics of Magnetospheres is tasked ...

Solar physics investigates the complex processes occurring in our Sun – the nearest star and a prototypical example of stellar activity. Central to the discipline is an understanding of the Sun’s ...

This solar sphere bends light into intense power, turning even dim skies into energy and challenging the idea that flat panels are the future of solar.

Roland Winston, SB’56, SM’57, PhD’63—a pioneer in solar energy, engineering, and physics—died Feb. 8 at his home in California. He was 88. Winston was a University of Chicago professor in the ...