In this week’s edition of The Prototype, we look at a startup that’s industrializing big satellite manufacturing, transparent insulation and more.

Agrivoltaic project developer Okovate Sustainable Energy has acquired the assets of Fundusol, a modeling platform born out of ...

Solar power is already the cheapest way to generate large amounts of clean electricity, yet conventional panels still waste a ...

A multidisciplinary team from the California Institute of Technology is a winner of the 2024 Gizmodo Science Fair for testing a satellite that proves it’s possible to collect solar energy in space and ...

British startup plans to supply solar power from space to Icelanders by 2030, in what could be the world's first demonstration of this novel renewable energy source. The space solar power project, ...

Although solar power is one of our greatest green energy tools, some of the components of the solar cell are not so sustainable. A new study, aiming to find a bio-based replacement for oil-based UV ...

As summer temperatures in Osaka, Japan, soar closer to 100 degrees Fahrenheit, staff at Expo 2025 are beating the heat with utility vests that are powered by the sun. Developed by Toyota Group company ...

New research has found a way to power spacecraft with lasers generated using solar energy alone. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

The international academic journal *Science*, published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), selected "rapidly growing renewable energy" as its 2025 "Breakthrough of the ...

While its star projector leaves a lot to be desired, the Science Can Solar System Planetary Projector is a fantastic educational tool for kids, with its solar system model, complete with talking ...

There’s a pervasive idea in science fiction that the stars themselves could power our adventures among the stars. In Star Wars: Attack of the Clones, Count Dooku flies away on a Solar Sailer, while ...