A stream of compressed air does not look like a power source. In factories, it usually hisses through pipes, drives tools, then disappears as waste. But under the right conditions, that same airflow ...

When you stop and think about it, it's mind-blowing how we've harnessed electricity to build and power our societies. It almost seems like magic, taking the same natural phenomenon that powers our ...

Researchers have become successful in generating electricity from compression using a flexible nylon-film device.