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University of Colorado Physics professor Ivan Smalyukh, right, works with graduate student Angel Martinez in his laboratory where he uses lasers to trap and manipulate liquid crystals.

Thousands of people from across the Northland are expected to travel for friend and family getaways this weekend, but some are thinking twice.

A company that sent layoff notices to about 260 workers at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant says it will delay implementing them for at least 30 days.

"We spent 15 percent of home energy on gadgets in 2009, and we're buying more gadgets all the time," says Peter Fischer of the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory .

A new study by the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Bonneville Power Administration finds that two underground sites in the Pacific Northwest are ideal for storing energy produced by the wind.

Chrysler Group and Tesla Motors, run by two of the most outspoken CEOs in the auto industry, are trading zingers over the help each company received from the federal government.

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The New York Public Interest Research Group has joined in environmentalists' fight against Jim Taylor's planned garbage-gasification plant.

In a boost for the Obama Administration and controversial federal cleantech programs, electric vehicle maker Tesla Motors announced Wednesday it paid back its $465 million government loan nine years early.

This second Solar Capital project, which will be built at De Aar in the Northern Cape, will mean an additional investment of R2.5bn and will employ over 700 people during construction and 200 thereafter.

The company says it wired a $451.8 million payment to the government on Wednesday to retire a loan it received from the Department of Energy.

The Livermore Valley Open Campus has 110 acres total for future development to bridge scientific research and technology with businesses.

Three former executive vice presidents of a company that planned to build high-tech police cars at an eastern Indiana factory are suing it for more than $600,000 in deferred wages.

Antony is an automotive obsessive: Whether it drives, sits there looking pretty or intrigues from afar, he'll talk and write about it.

Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said Tuesday he will delay final decisions on about 20 applications to export liquefied natural gas until he reviews studies by the Energy Department and others on what impact the exports would have on domestic natural-gas supplies and prices.

Diesel rose for a second consecutive week, rising 2.4 cents to $3.89 a gallon, while gasoline jumped 7 cents to $3.673, the Department of Energy reported.

One of the energy efficient features installed during 2012 at the Marriott La Jolla in La Jolla, Calif., was a programmable thermostat for each room.

The government aims to generate 10,000 megawatts of power sourced from renewable energy by 2030, despite this being relatively more expensive than fossil fuels.

Apple's ability to shelter billions of dollars of income from tax has depended on an unusual loophole in the Irish tax code that helps the country compete with other countries for investment and jobs.

Tesla Motors will probably repay its loan from the Department of Energy Wednesday, nine years ahead of schedule, CEO Elon Musk announced on Twitter on Monday.