A new manufacturing technique may allow for solar panels to be produced simply using nothing more than an ink-jet printer. The new technique, developed by MIT researchers, is a much gentler technology ...

A new innovation could make printing solar cells as easy and inexpensive as printing a newspaper. Researchers have cleared a critical manufacturing hurdle in the development of a relatively new class ...

Dimitar Dilkoff—AFP/Getty ImagesDenmark's Christoffer Faarup takes part in a Men's Alpine Skiing Downhill training session at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center on Feb. 8, 2014 Ah, solar panels: so clean, ...

Imagine a future where solar panels speed off the presses, like newspaper. Australian scientists have brought us one step closer to that reality. Researchers from the Victorian Organic Solar Cell ...

"Despite places like Australia being bathed in sun, the cost of traditional silicon-based solar cells hasn't inspired people to buy, buy, buy," said Johnny Lieu at Mashable . But new superthin, ...

WARMINSTER, Pa. — April 26, 2016 — For Astro-Dynamic Print & Graphic Services, every day is Earth Day. The company uses recycled paper, non-toxic vegetable-based inks, energy efficient equipment and ...

David Beynon receives funding from EPSRC and the Welsh government. He has previously worked on research projects funded by the European Regional Development Fund, Tata Steel, Power Roll Ltd and ...

The system is based on a highly compact and flexible ultrathin soft solar blanket that acts as the collection panel and can unroll once the satellite reaches orbit. As it does so, a 3D printer system ...

Give some students a 3D-printer, some solar panels and about a year's worth of time, and what do you get? No, not a solar-powered bong (though good idea) -- solar race cars, that's what! Engineering ...

NASA has partnered up with Made In Space to demonstrate a new spacecraft that will 3D print spacecraft components in Earth's lower-orbit. Made In Space and NASA will soon be bringing Archinaut One to ...