The best solar panels to date are able to convert around 20 percent of sunbeam’s energy into electricity. Which is a massive improvement considering they could only convert 13 percent about ten years ...

The latest news regarding more efficient batteries includes an iron-air system built from safe, low-cost materials—iron, ...

An iron-air battery that stores and releases energy through a reversible rusting process has become the first of its kind to connect with a public electricity grid. On 30 July, the Dutch start-up Ore ...

Rust is a common problem on bridges, cars, and other metal structures, but new research shows that when it’s combined with saltwater, it can also be a source of electricity. New research conducted by ...

Rust is often associated with decay and disrepair, but scientists at Caltech and Northwestern University are looking at rust differently: as a means of generating electricity. Rust, after all, is ...

An electrical engineer works on Form Energy's 2022 battery module in the company's lab in Berkeley, California. Image courtesy of Form Energy Share Weirton, West Virginia has iron in its blood. The ...

It's not unusual to find rust around salt water, but now the pairing might actually be useful. Researchers at Caltech and Northwestern University have found that electricity can be produced when salt ...

July 30 (UPI) --Researchers have developed a new way to generate electricity by moving saltwater across thin films of iron oxide, or rust. The discovery, detailed this week in the journal PNAS, could ...

Researchers have shown that iron oxide layers can convert kinetic energy of saltwater into electrical power. There are many ways to generate electricity -- batteries ...