Experiments reveal that when slabs of salty ice are strained, electricity is generated, though practical uses are still a long way off.

On a humid morning in Fukuoka, a coastal city in southern Japan, a new kind of power came online. Japan has launched Asia’s ...

Ice generates electricity as a response to stress when it bends. Experiments with pure and saline ice found that with enough salt, that electrical charge becomes exponentially greater. Not only is all ...

One method of power generation that is quite new on the commercial scene is known as Osmotic power generation. In 2023, the ...

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 ...

A new battery system removes toxic metals from wastewater and generates electricity in the process, offering a low-cost, power-positive alternative to conventional treatment. (Nanowerk Spotlight) ...

In a breakthrough that could expand the frontiers of clean energy, researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Indore have developed a device capable of generating electricity from the ...