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.
Electronics & Semiconductors
Cotton-based fiber fuel cells can now convert methanol into electricity while sustaining peak power density through 2,000 continuous flex cycles. This breakthrough paves the way for safe, high-performance power sources for ...
Energy & Green Tech
For most of us, ice is a hazard. Whether it's making roads dangerously slippery or covering our sidewalks, this frozen form of water is something we often try to avoid. Yet, a discovery suggests that bending ice and adding ...
Engineering
A research team from UNIST has unveiled a novel solar desalination technology that efficiently harnesses sunlight to evaporate seawater and generate clean drinking water—completely independent of external electricity. Importantly, ...
Sep 15, 2025
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Energy & Green Tech
As renewable energy adoption accelerates, stabilizing the power grid and mitigating output intermittency have become critical. The Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (KIMM), under the National Research Council of ...
Sep 11, 2025
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Engineering
Imagine a house that doesn't just shelter you but also stores electricity. It may sound like science fiction, but it's now closer to reality than ever before. A research team at Aarhus University has demonstrated how the ...
Sep 10, 2025
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Engineering
When you stream a movie, back up a photo or ask ChatGPT a question, somewhere a data center is working hard—and getting hot. Cooling those facilities already consumes a huge share of their electricity, and nearly half of ...
Sep 3, 2025
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Energy & Green Tech
The lights are off, the house is quiet and nothing seems to be running. But electricity is silently flowing through the plugs in your home. This hidden drain is known as phantom energy.
Sep 3, 2025
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Energy & Green Tech
Floating blue paddles dance on the waves that lap a dock in the Port of Los Angeles, silently converting the power of the sea into usable electricity.
Aug 31, 2025
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Energy & Green Tech
Sun-baked Morocco, grappling with its worst drought in decades, has launched a pilot project aimed at slowing water evaporation while simultaneously generating green energy using floating solar panels.
Aug 30, 2025
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Engineering
Ice has a proven track record when it comes to cooling drinks in the summer, so why not take it a step further? A big step, in fact, as thermal energy storage systems, often called "ice batteries," are getting a boost from ...
Aug 27, 2025
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