An international team has discovered a simple and environmentally friendly way to power the next generation of self-charging electronics. The work is published in Nano Energy.

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Medical devices that interface with the human body need power sources as safe as they are reliable. While sophisticated electronics can monitor health conditions and deliver ...

As artificial intelligence (AI) and smart gadgets become more common, our need for reliable power sources grows. Renewable ...

An Australian company thinks there’s energy in the air that can be harvested to power things. Its self-charging battery concept called “energy ink” will enter a new phase this year. Its charge ...

Zaps of static electricity might be a wintertime annoyance, but to certain scientists, they represent an untapped source of energy. Using a device called a triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG), ...

*Self-wheeling: An electricity supply system that allows business operators who own power generation equipment for self-generation to transmit and supply the electricity generated by utilizing that ...

Researchers have developed a new moisture-driven electricity generation device made of a thin layer of fabric, sea salt, carbon ink, and a special water-absorbing gel. The device works by keeping one ...

The Canadian province of Alberta has proposed a new bill to incentivize the development of self-powered data centers.

This array of nearly 150 LEDs is powered by repeatedly sticking and unsticking layers of store-bought tape as part of a triboelectric nanogenerator, along with plastic and aluminum. Zaps of static ...