Isreali engineers are about to begin testing a 100 metre stretch of roadway embedded with a network of Piezo Electric Generators (IPEG™). The piezoelectric effect converts mechanical strain into ...

Could piezoelectrics soon power your on-bike electronics? As the energy required to power on-bike devices, such as LED lights and GPS computers, has decreased, the potential to employ novel, discreet ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Physicists in India have created a battery-free generator out of ...

Researchers from Columbia University and the Georgia Institute of Technology are laying claim to having observed piezoelectricity in an atomically thin material for the first time. The effect was ...