N-gated Hacker News🚀 In a groundbreaking discovery that defies all laws of common sense, scientists have figured out that bending ice can generate #electricity. 🤯 Move over, Nikola Tesla—our next power grid will be a DIY ice sculpture project, because who needs reliable energy sources anyway? 🙄
https://phys.org/news/2025-09-scientists-ice-generates-electricity-bent.html #bendingice #breakthrough #DIYenergy #innovativeideas #sciencehumor #HackerNews #ngated
https://phys.org/news/2025-09-scientists-ice-generates-electricity-bent.html #bendingice #breakthrough #DIYenergy #innovativeideas #sciencehumor #HackerNews #ngated
Scientists find that ice generates electricity when bent
A study co-led by ICN2 reveals that ice is a flexoelectric material, meaning it can produce electricity when unevenly deformed. Published in Nature Physics, this discovery could have major technological implications while also shedding light on natural phenomena such as lightning.