The polar vortex will engulf much of North America as we head into next week, with temperatures dipping down into the -20s and -30s in some Canadian provinces. Even states like the Carolinas, Georgia, ...

When parts of the vortex break down, lobes of Arctic air can drift south, guided by changes in the jet stream. This allows ...

Farms dotted with the gigantic spinning blades of wind turbines have become a standard sight on long-distance road trips, but what if there was another way to capture energy from the wind? A startup ...

As if the coronavirus crisis wasn’t enough to bear, Mother Nature has more tricks up her sleeve as a frigid and windy polar vortex heads south from Canada Friday, impacting regions from Minnesota to ...

Winter hasn't even officially started, but parts of the country are already bracing for what could feel like the deep freeze ...

With all the concentrated efforts toward achieving cleaner energy, a Spanish startup aims to reinvent wind turbines. Better said, it aims to offer an alternative to traditional wind farms, much like ...

A surge of arctic air is about to bring parts of the Midwest the coldest temperatures in years by the middle of this week, as part of the polar vortex is set to blast the region with dangerously cold ...

When asked as "wind power generator", many people remind me of windmill wing type rotors with huge feathers as large as several tens of meters in diameter, and indeed many windmills are used in ...

Could a bladeless wind turbine answer the issues with clean energy and save a few bird lives in the process? It can if you believe that the same technology we use to get your milkshake to your mouth ...

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OAKLAND — On Nov. 7, 1940, a 4-month-old bridge aptly nicknamed “Galloping Gertie” twisted apart in 35-knot winds, collapsed into Puget Sound and forever changed the way engineers designed bridges. To ...