Earth has been losing its shine. Literally. According to new data from NASA, our planet is reflecting less sunlight back into ...

The albedo is a measure of how much sunlight a surface reflects. Light-colored regions like ice, snow, and clouds bounce much of the sun's energy back into space, while darker surfaces such as forests ...

Technically speaking, an engine is a device that converts some form of energy into mechanical energy. Taking that definition ...

Scientists have created the world's hottest engine running at temperatures hotter than those reached in the sun's core. The ...

When you wake up and look at the morning low and see 66 degrees, the impulse is to put on your long sleeves, jeans, and boots ...

Space weather isn’t referring to rain clouds that float through the galaxy. Instead, it’s caused by massive explosions of ...

The “engine” at King’s College London is contradicting thermodynamic laws—and could transform how we understand proteins and ...

Scientists may have discovered a way to improve fusion reactors. Interesting Engineering reported on experiments inside a tokamak, a doughnut-shaped machine that contains plasma. Instead of only ...