Touch the back of a laptop and it often feels warm. This is because part of the energy used for computation and communication ...

Catalan scientists have built a pendulum-based energy-harvesting system that converts the vibrations of water currents into ...

This brief tutorial explains how the “Wiegand effect” can be used as a reliable, low-cost, energy-harvesting system to power ...

Recent breakthroughs in quantum mechanics, highlighted by the Nobel Prize in Physics, are fundamentally changing the energy sector by enabling new forms of energy harvesting that surpass thermodynamic ...

Energy harvesting in wireless sensor networks (WSNs) represents a transformative approach to powering distributed sensing systems by converting ambient energy—such as solar, radio frequency, or ...

(Nanowerk News) Harnessing quantum states that avoid thermalization enables energy harvesters to surpass traditional thermodynamic limits such as Carnot efficiency, report researchers from Japan. The ...

Energy harvesting refers to the process of capturing and converting ambient energy from the environment into usable electrical energy. When talking about the subject, most people think about ...

The rapid expansion of the Internet of Things (IoT) has led to an unprecedented demand for reliable, distributed, and ...

A new study published in Advanced Materials Interfaces presents an innovative method for repurposing post-consumer thermoplastic waste into cost-effective, high-performance energy harvesters. Image ...