Mateo Jaramillo sees the future of renewable energy in thousands of iron pellets rusting away in a laboratory in Somerville, Massachusetts. Jaramillo is chief executive of Form Energy, a company that ...

The best solar panels to date are able to convert around 20 percent of sunbeam’s energy into electricity. Which is a massive improvement considering they could only convert 13 percent about ten years ...

Rust is often associated with decay and disrepair, but scientists at Caltech and Northwestern University are looking at rust differently: as a means of generating electricity. Rust, after all, is ...

An iron-air battery that stores and releases energy through a reversible rusting process has become the first of its kind to connect with a public electricity grid. On 30 July, the startup Ore Energy ...

The latest news regarding more efficient batteries includes an iron-air system built from safe, low-cost materials—iron, ...

Rust is a common problem on bridges, cars, and other metal structures, but new research shows that when it’s combined with saltwater, it can also be a source of electricity. New research conducted by ...