(Nanowerk News) Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have fabricated a novel device that could dramatically boost the conversion of heat into electricity. If ...

Seoul National University College of Engineering has announced that a research team led by Prof. Jeonghun Kwak of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, with co-first authors Dr.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Two Shenzhou 15 astronauts work outside the nation's Tiangong space station on April 15, 2023, as seen by a camera on a space ...

An MIT spinout has been developing thermal batteries to efficiently store excess electricity from ...

Perseverance, NASA’s 2020 Mars rover, is powered by something very desirable here on Earth: a thermoelectric device that converts heat to useful electricity. On Mars, the heat source is the ...

This paper is the first direct demonstration of the transverse thermoelectric generation in WSi 2, and the results could pave the way for more efficient thermoelectric devices. Thermoelectric ...

Scientists have discovered that applying an electric field to certain ceramics can dramatically redirect how heat moves through them.

The PG-1 thermoelectric power generator allows users to generate electricity with canned fuel or other heat source. This self-contained device is suitable for demonstrating the Seebeck effect. The ...

A new thermogalvanic device uses nanoparticles to control ion flow, allowing it to convert waste heat to electricity and store the energy without external batteries. (Nanowerk Spotlight) Heat is ...

PNW scientists have made a flexible “fabric” that converts body heat into electricity. Heat is energy, and most of the heat we produce — from our bodies, kitchens and cars — just dissipates into the ...

According to a study published in Advanced Materials, University of Washington (UW) researchers have developed a flexible, durable electronic prototype that can harvest energy from body heat and ...