The latest idea is based on osmosis, a natural process in which water will move from a place with lower concentration of, for ...

A novel hydrovoltaic cell developed by researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) can continuously generate electricity using little water and no sunlight. This feature could help deploy the ...

Discover how to build a simple DIY water-powered electricity generator at home using accessible materials. This step-by-step ...

See how a 50 MW solar thermal plant could deliver 1.72M gallons daily and 24/7 power for $100/MWh, with water at $1.50/m3 and zero liquid waste.

Researchers in Germany have developed a novel way to generate electricity using nothing more than water and pressure by harnessing the power of friction within the tiniest pores of silicon, the ...

As artificial intelligence (AI) and smart gadgets become more common, our need for reliable power sources grows. Renewable ...

Water droplets falling through a tube have generated enough electricity to power 12 LED lights. Such an approach could one day be used in roof-based systems to harvest lots of clean power from rain.

Kia showcased the PV5 WKNDR electric van, a wild off-road concept, at the 2024 SEMA show in Las Vegas. Its off-road tires are wrapped around rims that spin freely and can generate electricity using ...

This is a human-written story voiced by AI. Got feedback? Take our survey. (See our AI policy here.) The findings powerfully demonstrate the flexoelectric effect, a phenomenon where electricity is ...

A trio of physicists from Princeton University, CIT's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Spectral Sensor Solutions, all in the U.S., is proposing the possibility of generating electricity using energy from ...

When a solid and a liquid come into contact, charged entities on both sides push one another apart. This phenomenon is known as charge separation, and it creates an electric double layer—a layer each ...