The challenge is a mixture of a science fair and pinewood derby, where teams present their car designs and race. (James Rexroad for The Columbian) Photo Gallery Mason McCarty, 14, tried to stay calm.

Solar panels already power the International Space Station, but for the Space Solar Power Project (SSPP) to deliver energy to Earth, the researchers needed to develop solar energy transfer systems ...

He saw a solar-powered car at a science fair when he was in middle school and was immediately excited. “I was like, ‘alright, I want to be a part of it,’” he said. That enthusiasm has lasted.

Eden Full Goh discovered the potential of solar power when she was just 10 years old. She had come across a book in the library that taught her how to build a small solar-powered car. Once she ...

Science fairs are as flawed as my solar-powered hot dog cooker. By Carl Zimmer April 13, 2016. ... Hana Schank reported that many students who start on science fair projects get little support, ...

Most racers are still years away from having a driver’s license, but that won’t stop them from going head-to-head at the starting line next Saturday.

In a September project update, Wisse Bos, Solar Team Eindhoven’s team manager, estimated Stella Terra’s designs are between 5 and 10 years ahead of anything available on the current market.

He spent nearly an hour viewing 11 science projects on display in the State Dining Room, ranging from cancer therapies to solar-power cars, water purification systems and robotic wheelchairs. And ...

Teams of highschoolers race their solar-powered cars for ... Marks established the Solar Car Challenge in 1993 to help motivate students in fields of science, ... This is the top project-based ...

The Oregon Solar Car will make an appearance at OMSI's Festival of Science on Sept. 16 and 17. ... They fundraised for their own solar-powered car and then built it from scratch, ...

Forget petrol- and electric-powered cars – Hong Kong students are coming up with solar-powered versions instead. The newest edition of the Solar-Powered Electric Vehicle (Sophie) project, Sophie ...