From the lab: Water current

The research:
Ionising water at room temperature, thus allowing it to conduct electricity
R K Kotnala & his PhD student Jyoti Shah
CSIR-National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi
For several decades now, scientists have been attempting to find that ideal source of energy that is clean as well as renewable. It has led them to harness the energy of the sun, wind and nuclear power. All of these have already been deployed, though each of them has major shortcomings: sun or wind is not always avail