{"id":237620,"date":"2026-05-23T02:17:45","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T07:17:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/05\/scientists-generate-electricity-from-ambient-moisture-using-everyday-ingredients"},"modified":"2026-05-23T02:17:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T07:17:45","slug":"scientists-generate-electricity-from-ambient-moisture-using-everyday-ingredients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/05\/scientists-generate-electricity-from-ambient-moisture-using-everyday-ingredients","title":{"rendered":"Scientists generate electricity from ambient moisture using everyday ingredients"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/scientists-generate-electricity-from-ambient-moisture-using-everyday-ingredients2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a study <a href=\"https:\/\/linkinghub.elsevier.com\/retrieve\/pii\/S2211285526003447\" target=\"_blank\">published<\/a> in <i>Nano Energy<\/i>, researchers from Queen Mary, the University of Warwick, Imperial College London, and Universitas Mercatorum report a highly stable, biodegradable Moisture-Electric Generator (MEG). The device is fabricated from food-grade materials including gelatin, sodium chloride (table salt), and activated carbon, and harnesses humidity\u2014typically a major challenge for electronics\u2014as its energy source.<\/p>\n<p>This approach represents a significant shift in electronic design, transforming atmospheric moisture from a limitation into a functional energy input.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a study published in Nano Energy, researchers from Queen Mary, the University of Warwick, Imperial College London, and Universitas Mercatorum report a highly stable, biodegradable Moisture-Electric Generator (MEG). The device is fabricated from food-grade materials including gelatin, sodium chloride (table salt), and activated carbon, and harnesses humidity\u2014typically a major challenge for electronics\u2014as its energy [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1497,1506,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-237620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-energy","category-food","category-sustainability"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237620"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237620\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}