Tag: Electricity
Smart meters and dynamic pricing can help consumers use electricity when...
Matthew E. Kahn, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences and Bhaskar Krishnamachari, University of Southern California
Americans...
The most cost-effective energy efficiency investments you can make – and...
Jasmina Burek, UMass Lowell
Energy efficiency can save homeowners and renters hundreds of dollars a year, and the new...
Electric eels inspired the first battery two centuries ago and now...
Timothy J. Jorgensen, Georgetown University
As the world’s need for large amounts of portable energy grows at an ever-increasing...
Electric heat pumps use much less energy than furnaces, and can...
Robert Brecha, University of Dayton
To help curb climate change, President Biden has set a goal of lowering U.S....
The Texas blackouts showed how climate extremes threaten energy systems across...
Roshanak (Roshi) Nateghi, Purdue University
Pundits and politicians have been quick to point fingers over the debacle in Texas...
Power outages across the Plains: 4 questions answered about weather-driven blackouts
Michael E. Webber, University of Texas at Austin
Editor’s note: Amid record cold temperatures and skyrocketing energy demand, utilities...
Magnetic induction cooking can cut your kitchen’s carbon footprint
Kenneth McLeod, Binghamton University, State University of New York
To curb climate change, many experts have called for a massive shift from fossil fuels to...
Why do different countries have different electric outlet plugs?
Theodore J. Kury, University of Florida
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert...
EXPLORING NATURE
Raccoons break into liquor stores, scale skyscrapers and pick locks –...
Kelly Lambert, University of Richmond
When a curious raccoon broke into an Ashland, Virginia, liquor store in December 2025,...
