Energiutvinning

Omar Yaghi’s Nobel-winning MOF can pull drinking water from desert air — what’s the catch?

Omar M. Yaghi’s metal–organic frameworks are moving from lab to 20‑ft shipping‑container units that harvest water from even very dry air. The science is real; the industrial, ener… Apr 07, 2026

Space

Schmidt: 'We're Running Out of Electricity'

Eric Schmidt warned the U.S. faces a 92‑gigawatt shortfall as AI demand climbs, and tech leaders are debating orbital data centers as a partial fix. The idea promises constant sol… Feb 18, 2026

Technology

Perovskites Go Domestic: BiLight's CES Trio

At CES 2026 in Las Vegas, BiLight Innovations unveiled three perovskite-based, flexible photovoltaic products aimed at homes, offices and outdoor users—claiming rollable curtains,… Jan 07, 2026

Technology

China’s Smart Surface Aims to Turn Radar into Aircraft Power

A paper from Xidian University describes a reconfigurable metasurface that can switch between scattering and radiation modes and harvest ambient radar energy—an advance that could… Jan 05, 2026

Science

Engineered Silicon Nanopores Generate Electricity from Water Movement

Researchers report a triboelectric nanogenerator that harvests electricity from water forced into and out of hydrophobic nanopores in silicon, achieving about 9% energy conversion… Nov 14, 2025