When you’re on the go and your smartphone battery is low, in the not-so-distant future you could charge it simply by plugging it into your shoe. An innovative energy harvesting and storage t... Read more
A two-stage power management and storage system could dramatically improve the efficiency of triboelectric generators that harvest energy from irregular human motion such as walking, running... Read more
‘This unassisted water splitting, which is very rare, does not require expensive or scarce resources.’ Team reports first ‘unassisted’ water splitting using only hema... Read more
Ricoh today announced that it has created a novel flexible material “Energy-Generating Rubber” that converts pressure and vibration into electric energy with high efficiency. Cur... Read more
This research has the potential to catapult sustainable, energy-efficient materials in a very wide range of applications Discovery Sheds New Light on 175-year-old Principle A new class of ma... Read more
Could be significant ramifications for energy harvesting and solar energy conversion . . . Carbon nanotubes and inorganic nanoparticles enhance photosynthetic activity and stability. The Sci... Read more
The Sun is a huge source of energy. In just one hour, planet Earth is hit by so much sunshine that humankind could cover its energy needs for an entire year if only we knew how to harvest an... Read more
A research team at American University of Sharjah (AUS) has made an important breakthrough in energy harvesting technology that can benefit many sectors, from bio-medicine to construction. T... Read more
Martian colonists could use an innovative new technique to harvest energy from carbon dioxide thanks to research pioneered at Northumbria and Edinburgh Universities. The technique, which has... Read more
Engineers at Lancaster University are working on powering future ‘giant leaps’ for mankind. They are major partners of a consortium working on a new £1 million project to maximise ‘energy ha... Read more
Flexible plastics that turn mechanical vibrations into electrical energy could spur the development of self-powered sensors and devices The shrinking dimensions and decreased power consumpti... Read more
“Our work demonstrates a simple and inexpensive approach to electromagnetic power harvesting,” Using inexpensive materials configured and tuned to capture microwave signals, researchers at D... Read more
Boston College chemists produce power boost critical to novel energy harvesting applications Chemists at Boston College have achieved a series of breakthroughs in their efforts to develop an... Read more
Stray heat, electromagnetic fields or even mechanical sources can provide power for portable electronics and other devices Disposable and rechargeable batteries that power tens of millions o... Read more
Children seem to be a source of never ending energy, exhausting parents and teachers alike. Now a non-profit organization, Empower Playgrounds, is harnessing children’s energy in order to ge... Read more
