Source: smithsonianmag.com Published: October 19, 2017 Aimee Stapleton and other researchers at the University of Limerick have found that lysozyme—in tears, saliva, mucus, milk and chicken eggs—accumulates an electric charge when squeezed. (Sean Curtin, True...
Source: smithsonianmag.com Published: April 10, 2017 The material—the black blocks between the two plates, pictured here—could be used with cooking pots to charge phones or jewelry to power health sensors. (Dan Hixson/University of Utah College of...
Source: livescience.com Published: November 17, 2016 BODIPY dye glows brightly under a black light. Credit: Douglas Levere By Jesse Emspak If the world one day sees a boom in electric cars and renewable energy, people will need more efficient batteries than are...
Source: grist.com Published: October 8, 2015 Shutterstock By Katie Herzog D.C., the American city most full of shit, is now powered by it. The Washington Post reports that utility D.C. Water recently started using a Norwegian thermal hydrolysis system to turn sewage...
Source: bbc.com Published: March 5, 2015 Prototype urinals have been set up “conveniently” close to the student union bar UWE A “wee-lectricity” experiment which could pave the way for urine to provide power in remote areas has been launched. The project...
Source: sustainablecitiescollective.com Published: April 16, 2013 Author grmeyers @gbelements Union Station, Wash D.C. shuttestock__685100 Strengthening its dedication to environmental sustainability, Union Station in Washington, D.C., has signed a three-year contract...
