This article is part of The State of Science, a series featuring science stories from public radio stations across the United States. This story, by Eve Zuckoff, was originally published by CAI. When ...

What kills a solar panel? Received wisdom suggests solar panels last for around 30 years, but that's not the whole story here. "30 years is our best guess," explained Garvin Heath of the National ...

If you stop to think about it, it’s a marvel that we can harness energy from the sun. But we do, thanks to solar panels equipped with photovoltaic cells that convert sunlight to electricity. That’s no ...

This story is part of The State of Science, a series featuring science stories from public media journalists across the United States. It features reporting by Jana Rose Schleis from KBIA. In an ...