The Cool Down

Solar energy expert puts common myth to the test with DIY experiment: 'This is a really realistic situation'

One of the biggest misconceptions people have about solar panels is that they don't work on cloudy days. Experts put that ...

Single-image method can accurately evaluate fibrous material porosity

Researchers from Skoltech Engineering Center's Hierarchically Structured Materials Laboratory have developed a new method to ...

I battery-tested the best Google, Samsung, and OnePlus phones - and didn't expect these results

The phones are all put into Airplane mode with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth both disabled. Screen brightness gets set to 100% and the volume set to 25% -- because you can only listen to the Hulk's roar so many ...

I tested a $5 phone fix dongle that made bold promises - here's the truth

For the $5 I'd paid for it, that would have been cool. But alas, apart from being a useless scam, it's quite innocent. I tore mine apart, and inside is very little. Inside the plastic box is a circuit ...
Interesting Engineering

90% output at 90°C: Perovskite solar cells survive 1,500 hours of extreme heat test

Researchers from Purdue and Emory Universities in the US have developed a way to supercharge the durability of ...
PV Tech

The PV Review, 2025: A year of performance and reliability issues for TOPCon and n-type solar PV modules

The PV Review, 2025: this year has seen many papers and reports on solar PV modules reliability and performance issues.