New research shows there’s a process that offers the promise of around-the-clock electricity generation with solar panels.

The cell keeps generating electricity, even on cloudy days, until the sun goes down at night. To see solar power in action, check out This Solar House.

These surfaces then release the heat at night to keep the building warm. Similarly, absorbent plates on a roof can heat liquid in tubes that supply a house with hot water. Solar energy is lauded ...

"I don't like my tax dollars paying subsidies to some big company that's going to make money off of that," one opponent said.

Researchers from Stanford University have designed a solar cell based on radiative cooling that purportedly produces electricity at night. Radiative cooling occurs when the surface of an object ...