A spell of warmer weather and other demands on the power grid are prompting federal authorities to take emergency steps to prevent blackouts across the mid-Atlantic in mid-October. The Department of ...

Nor do experts think that the power plant regulations posed a threat to the reliability of the electrical grid. “Obviously, a gas plant can, on occasion, run at times when a solar cell is not running, ...

In today's electric vehicle batteries, a single weak cell can limit the life of the entire battery pack, even when the other cells are still working well. The goal is for future batteries to be able ...

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Electric vehicle batteries are often described as a single component, but in reality a modern pack is a vast assembly of hundreds, sometimes thousands, of individual lithium-ion cells wired together ...

Scientists at UC San Francisco have developed a way to create cancer-fighting CAR-T cells directly inside the body, potentially avoiding the slow and extremely expensive process of removing, ...

Michael Jewett sometimes finds himself at odds with biology. As a bioengineer who uses synthetic biology to study ways to improve human and planetary health, Jewett needs microorganisms to manufacture ...

What happens when AI moves from helping job candidates to evaluating them? HackerRank, a platform used by companies to assess and hire developers, is offering a glimpse at what that future of job ...