Google has replaced its homepage logo with an animated Doodle in honor of prolific solar energy scientist Mária Telkes, nicknamed “The Sun Queen.” Mária Telkes was born in Budapest, Hungary, on ...

Apr. 2—Andrew Nemethy grew up in the Dover Sun House in Massachusetts designed by Mária Telkes, living there from 1948 to 1963. "I was 3 years old when I moved in," he says. "I remember it being sunny ...

Dec. 12 (UPI) --Google is celebrating the life and work of Dr. Mária Telkes -- a scientist, biophysicist and pioneer of solar energy. Telkes' work reflected her belief that the sun could change lives.

Pioneering Hungarian-American physicist Maria Telkes, an early champion of the possibilities of solar energy, is being remembered on the 122nd anniversary of her birth and the 70th anniversary of her ...

Maria Telkes was a pioneer in harnessing solar power for practical purposes. Two of her most notable inventions were the solar distiller and the first solar-powered heating systems. Telkes was born in ...

For nearly 50 years, chemical engineer and inventor Mária Telkes applied her prodigious intellect to harnessing the power of the sun. She designed and built the world’s first successfully solar-heated ...

Premieres Tuesday, April 4, 2023 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV + PBS App + Encore Wednesday, April 5 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2 For nearly 50 years, chemical engineer and inventor Mária Telkes applied her prodigious ...

Harnessing the power of the sun is a hot topic these days as society shifts toward a point where renewable energy is at the forefront of innovation to help save our planet. But what might be ...

Mária Telkes at the Dover Sun House in February 1949. Telkes is the subject of the documentary, “The Sun Queen.” (Courtesy of Ralph Morse/The LIFE Picture Collection/Shutterstock) Andrew Nemethy grew ...

Her work helped create first solar powered-house, a solar-power desalination unit and a solar-powered oven for people around the world. Steven Musil is the night news editor at CNET News. He's been ...