Microbial bioelectronic sensors use living bacteria that can create an electrical signal in response to the presence of a ...

Japanese researchers at Kyoto University announced in December 2025 that they invented a coin-sized generator that creates 24/7 electricity "out of thin air." In December 2025, Facebook users shared a ...

Combining materials from discarded batteries and lignin creates groundbreaking composite compound.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists have created a floating droplet electricity generator that turns rainfall into power using water as its own support and ...

MoSi 2 demonstrates clear and large transverse thermopower, establishing itself as a promising candidate for developing efficient transverse thermoelectric devices. Thermoelectric conversion devices ...

Sustainable municipal waste management solutions often involve waste-to-energy plants that can produce electricity while also providing steam to district heating systems. Efficient steam turbines are ...

Good ideas sometimes take surprising turns. For years, experts at Empa had been working on an innovative valve control system for combustion engines with electro-hydraulically actuated valves, which ...

Electric-power production is a conservative business; it makes electricity just as it did more than a century ago—by driving copper wires through magnetic fields. That is all that happens in the huge, ...