Earlier this year, YouTuber Simon Sörensen built a compact two-seat solar car using parts from two electric bikes. Instead of developing a full automotive platform, he ...

The Solar Car Challenge will race into San Angelo this summer. It's the top project-based STEM initiative helping spark high-school students' interest in science, engineering and alternative energy, ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – A group of students from the University of Michigan made a pit stop in the Summit City on Wednesday ...

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. Why aren’t there solar-powered cars? – Emma, age ...

From classrooms to backyards, makers are building Arduino-powered solar trackers to squeeze every drop of energy from the sun. These devices use sensors, motors, and clever designs to keep panels ...

The solar-powered vehicle that many people in the United States are keeping their eyes on is the much-anticipated Aptera. In ...

Researchers turned hard-to-recycle plastic into hydrogen using battery acid. This circular upcycling system tackles multiple ...

YouTuber Simon Sörensen has built a small four-wheel-drive electric car powered by solar panels and completed an 18-mile trip without drawing on its battery. Made from e-bike components and custom ...

There’s something about the ESP32 family of microcontrollers and timekeeping. We probably see it in clocks as often as we do ...

When life gives you lemons, you make lemonade. What if life gives you a pile of old e-book readers? Well, when [spiritplumber] got box of old Nook Simple Touch devices, he decided to design ...

Then, in early April, a local business owner opened what is believed to be Cuba’s first solar-powered charging station — and ...