Evidence map›Paper›PMID 32066937›Full record

ArticleNature2020

Power generation from ambient humidity using protein nanowires.

Xiaomeng Liu, Hongyan Gao, Joy E Ward, Xiaorong Liu, Bing Yin, Tianda Fu, Jianhan Chen, Derek R Lovley, Jun Yao

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Article in Nature, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 141 papers.

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141citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

141 citing papers in PubMed.

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  17. Photon-to-Heat Energy Harvesting Fluorescent Protein Coatings for Thermoelectrics.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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81 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Xiaomeng LiuDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA.
Hongyan GaoDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA.
Joy E WardDepartment of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA.
Xiaorong LiuDepartment of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA.
Bing YinDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA.
Tianda FuDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA.
Jianhan ChenDepartment of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA.
Derek R LovleyDepartment of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA.
Jun YaoDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA. juny@umass.edu.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Harvesting energy from the environment offers the promise of clean power for self-sustained systems

Identifiers

PMID32066937

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