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A new material made from carbon nanotubes can generate electricity by scavenging energy from its environment
https://phys.org ^ | 7 JUNE 2021 | by Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Posted on 06/07/2021 10:55:57 AM PDT by Red Badger

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To: lepton

Zero.

The environment loses ‘energy’ and the nanotube structure gains ‘energy’.................


41 posted on 06/08/2021 5:28:01 AM PDT by Red Badger (Jesus said there is no marriage in Heaven. That's why they call it Heaven.....................)
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To: Red Badger

Right-ish (it can never be actually quite zero), but how does that display itself? Cooling of the surrounding fluid? A ‘waste product’? There’s another unstated part of the equation.


42 posted on 06/08/2021 7:27:34 AM PDT by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: lepton

Since we’re dealing with stuff at the atomic level, and even the sub-atomic level, Quantum physics may be involved, so spooky......................


43 posted on 06/08/2021 7:30:36 AM PDT by Red Badger (Jesus said there is no marriage in Heaven. That's why they call it Heaven.....................)
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To: ShadowAce

Can you please add me to the tech ping list?


44 posted on 06/08/2021 10:10:25 AM PDT by Kevmo (some things may be true even if Donald Trump said them. ~Jonathan Karl)
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You been added. Welcome!


45 posted on 06/08/2021 10:50:39 AM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux - The Ultimate Windows Service Pack )
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