Yet, new research suggests that bending ice and adding salt to it could transform this winter nuisance into a potential ...

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 ...

The team at Sapphire Technologies has developed equipment that generates zero-carbon electricity using natural gas pipeline pressure differentials. Sapphire CEO, Freddie Sarhan, is center-frame, sixth ...

Salt, ice and some oomph — these three simple ingredients are all that’s needed to make waste-free electricity, researchers report September 15 in Nature Materials. Straining a single cone-shaped ...

The U.S. power grid has been under enormous stress in recent years as electricity needs have gone up. The artificial ...

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.

Three teens built a salt-powered fridge to help bring vaccines and medical supplies to rural areas. The invention uses salts that pull heat from their environments when they dissolve in water. They ...

How can open ocean currents generate energy? Ocean currents contain kinetic energy that can be converted to electrical power using turbines. This is similar to offshore wind farms, or wind turbines ...