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The UMass Amherst team were surprised to find that the device, which comprised an array of microscopic tubes, or nanowires, was producing an electrical signal regardless. | =====Hygroelectricity -- Nikola Tesla's Dream Reimagined?==== | ||
[https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/jul/02/it-was-an-accident-the-scientists-who-have-turned-humid-air-into-renewable-power?utm_term=64a247cbc7347b0db83e05b44b3db4e2&utm_campaign=GuardianTodayUK&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&CMP=GTUK_email Ned Carter Miles 7/02/23 The Guardian] | |||
“To be frank, it was an accident,” says the study’s lead author, Prof Jun Yao. “We were actually interested in making a simple sensor for humidity in the air. But for whatever reason, the student who was working on that forgot to plug in the power.” | |||
The UMass Amherst team were surprised to find that the device, which comprised an array of microscopic tubes, or nanowires, was producing an electrical signal regardless. | |||
=====Are a few geothermal plants all it takes to solve the US' lithium supply crunch?===== | =====Are a few geothermal plants all it takes to solve the US' lithium supply crunch?===== | ||
