tension from thin air
by James Penha
moisture poring dynamo
teensy as thin hair
Scientists have invented a tiny (I mean tiny!) generator that processes our air’s humidity through nanopores so as to create, in effect, a perfectly clean battery that continuously produces electricity. The news knocked me out; I had to knock out a sciku.
Further reading
‘Scientists find way to make energy from air using nearly any material’, 2023, Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, The Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2023/05/26/harvest-energy-thin-air/
‘Generic Air-Gen Effect in Nanoporous Materials for Sustainable Energy Harvesting from Air Humidity’, 2023, X. Liu, H. Gao, L. Sun & J. Yao, Advanced Materials, https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202300748
Author Bio
Expat New Yorker James Penha (he/him🌈) has lived for the past three decades in Indonesia. Nominated for Pushcart Prizes in fiction and poetry, his work is widely published in journals and anthologies. His newest chapbook of poems, American Daguerreotypes, is available for Kindle. Penha edits TheNewVerse.News, an online journal of current-events poetry. You can find out more about James’ poetry on his website https://jamespenha.com and catch up with him on Twitter @JamesPenha
Enjoyed James’ sciku? Check out more of his sciku here: ‘Quantumku‘, ‘DNAncient’ and ‘If a Tree Talks in a Forest’.