Emerging energy and water harvesting technologies encompass a suite of materials, devices, and systems designed to capture, convert, and store dispersed environmental resources such as solar radiation, wind, moisture, and ambient heat. Work in this area integrates atmospheric water harvesting architectures, triboelectric and moisture-induced generators, solar thermal and molecular solar thermal storage, barocaloric and magnetic cooling, and long-duration energy storage concepts. These approaches often rely on nanoengineered surfaces, phase-change and barocaloric materials, and hybrid thermodynamic cycles to improve efficiency, reliability, and sustainability of power, cooling, and freshwater supply.
Engineering
A new, more energy-efficient method of recovering valuable metals from solar panels at the end of their lives is gearing up to make its way to market. Researchers from the University of Glasgow have developed a way to use ...
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From intense UV radiation and extreme temperatures to wind gusts and lightning strikes, wind turbine blades are engineered to withstand some of the harshest conditions. But that durability becomes a problem at the end of ...
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Energy & Green Tech
According to projections, the volume of digital data created, captured, copied and consumed worldwide will reach 175 zettabytes (ZB) in 2026. This is equivalent to the storage capacity of billions of hard drives, such as ...
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Energy & Green Tech
When wind and sun are weak in winter, Europe needs power plants that can deliver energy at the push of a button—and in a climate-neutral way. So far, hydrogen and carbon capture and storage (CCS) are considered the favorites ...
Nov 3, 2026
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Researchers at the University of Arkansas and the University of Michigan have reported the creation of a graphene-based energy harvester that uses ambient radiation to run ultralow-power temperature sensors. This is the second ...
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Energy & Green Tech
A research team led by professor Seong Kyun Kim of the Department of Physics and Chemistry at DGIST has developed a "passive cooling film material" that uses moisture in the air to cool electronic devices—no water or electricity ...
Oct 16, 2026
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Engineering
New technology supported by researchers at Murdoch University has the potential to solve water scarcity issues in remote and rural Australia. While many cities enjoy a steady flow of safe and reliable water, remote communities ...
Oct 16, 2026
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Energy & Green Tech
Data centers need water. And water byproducts from oil and gas and other industries need to go somewhere.
Oct 9, 2026
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Energy & Green Tech
From the street straight into the battery: Researchers have developed a wireless charging system that charges electric buses via their wheels at bus stops. This technology is expected to significantly reduce the costs of ...
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Energy & Green Tech
Wireless charging has already transformed how people power phones, wearables and even electric vehicles. The next leap is to advance wireless technologies beyond delivering electrical energy to directly producing nonelectrical ...
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