Social Media Ideas for Energy Harvesting

Cellulose‑Enabled Hydrovoltaic Energy Generation: Molecular Design to Device Integration

As demand for sustainable, low‑carbon energy rises, researchers are questioning whether today’s dominant harvesting technologies can meet the needs of a more reliable, environmenta...

Nanocrystal-cooled laser cells could enable mid-flight drone charging

A heat-managing receiver converted green light into electricity at 38.49% efficiency and powered an aircraft propeller in a stationary proof-of-concept test.

US Army Aims To Capture Energy From “The Environment”

The US startup Chariot Defense is pitching a microgrid that replaces hot, noisy, logistically burdened diesel generators with batteries that scavenge energy from the battlefield. T...

3D nano-interfaces turn heat into electricity throughout bulk materials

A magnetic composite distributes nano-interfaces throughout its bulk, scaling the spin Seebeck effect for more effective conversion of waste heat into electricity.

NFC Business Card with Energy Harvesting

NFC (near field communication) is a short-range wireless technology that enables data exchange between two devices placed within 4cm of each other. In an NFC business card, a built...

Engineers pioneer a pacemaker that can power itself

A triboelectric nanogenerator harvests energy from each heartbeat to power a battery-free pacemaker, pointing toward implants that could last a lifetime.

Common blood pressure drug points toward in vivo energy harvesting

A common blood pressure drug forms crystals whose naturally organized electrical polarity enables record voltage in an organic energy harvester without external electrical poling,...

Gelatin stabilizes liquid metal in conductive hydrogels for sensing and energy harvesting

The stretchable material tracks human motion, recognizes handwritten letters in real time, and converts absorbed solar heat into electricity.

From industrial vibrations to sustainable power: Rethinking energy use in Oman

As the global transition toward sustainability accelerates, attention is often directed toward large-scale energy solutions such as solar and wind power. While these remain essenti...

Tiny light, big dream: Harvesting power from soil in Japan

Researchers develop an improved method for producing sustainable hydrogen

Using a novel heating method that cuts carbon emissions, engineers dramatically improved hydrogen production efficiency. The novel process also comes with a surprising side benefit...

Turning Solar Power Into Protein

Solar energy generates electricity to produce hydrogen, which combines with carbon dioxide to make methanol. Specialized enzymes then convert methanol into specific amino acids, de...

Turning plastic bottle waste into electricity-harvesting MOFs

An organic-solvent-free process turns waste PET bottles into rod-shaped MOF crystals that generate electricity from seawater evaporation while preserving more of the plastic's valu...

CapChar to capture and store heat from biochar production at Hampshire farm

Project delivered in partnership with Carbon350 builds on previous Cornwall pilot combining biochar production, thermal energy storage, and digital carbon measurement

Solar-driven core–shell yarns cogenerate water and electricity sustainably

Freshwater scarcity has become one of the defining challenges of the twenty-first century, and scientists around the world are racing to develop technologies that can turn seawater...

Butterfly wings and pitcher plants inspire solar device that produces both electricity and fresh water

A nature-inspired solar device uses matched heating and evaporative cooling to generate electricity and fresh water together while resisting salt buildup during seawater desalinati...

Engineers develop lithium-harvesting nanorobots

Researchers are developing fish-like swimming nanorobots that could make lithium recovery from seawater more efficient and help strengthen the domestic supply of a critical mineral...

A flash of light creates high-performance materials without heating the surface beneath

Ultrafast flash heating rearranges atoms in a semiconductor, boosting photocurrent up to 50-fold while preserving glass substrates used in solar cells.

Solar-powered process turns carbon dioxide into protein building blocks

A modular enzyme platform converts carbon dioxide and renewable hydrogen into seven amino acids, pointing toward more sustainable feed and food production.

Can Wind Capture Atmospheric Water and Convert It Into Freshwater?

A new atmospheric water harvesting system could turn wind directly into drinking water, without first converting the wind’s energy into electricity. The technology combines highly...

Hybridizing hydro could ease grid constraints says Ember

A new report from Ember shows that adding wind and solar behind the meter of existing hydro assets could bypass grid constraints.

This New Molecule Could Transform How We Recover Gold From Electronic Waste

A new extraction molecule uses electricity to recover metals while sharply reducing the need for chemical reagents. Recovering valuable metals from discarded electronics, mining st...

Understanding solar panels

Since all power sources use electricity for control circuits (unless you burn wood to boil water and run a steam powered generator) it made sense to me. With the system I have inst...

A chip off the electricity costs

USA: A distributed control system and autonomous AI-application is said to have enabled a US food producer to achieve energy savings of 17%. ... Read More... The post A chip off th...