To: WSFAlist at keithlynch.net Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 10:30:56 -0400 Subject: [WSFA] Fw: generating electricity From: ronkean at juno.com Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net> --------- Forwarded message ---------- http://www.iop.org/news/632 "...Research published today by the Institute of Physics journal, Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering reveals a new method of generating electric power by harnessing the natural electrokinetic properties of a liquid such as ordinary tap water when it is pumped through tiny microchannels. The research team from the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, have created a new source of clean non-polluting electric power with a variety of possible uses, ranging from powering small electronic devices to contributing to a national power grid..." -- Other links: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3201030.stm http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/10/20/ welec20.xml&sSheet=/news/2003/10/20/ixworld.html http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2003-10/uoa-lwp101403.php" http://news.independent.co.uk/world/science_medical/ story.jsp?story=455153 http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2003/10/19/230816-cp.html . ________________________________________________________________