News tagged with heat conduction
Study finds faster, cheaper way to cool electronic devices
A North Carolina State University researcher has developed a more efficient, less expensive way of cooling electronic devices – particularly devices that generate a lot of heat, such as lasers and power devices.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Apr 09, 2012 |
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Spider silk conducts heat as well as metals, study finds
Xinwei Wang had a hunch that spider webs were worth a much closer look.
Mar 05, 2012 |
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Keeping electronics cool: Findings on modified form of graphene could have impacts in managing heat dissipation
A University of California, Riverside engineering professor and a team of researchers have made a breakthrough discovery with graphene, a material that could play a major role in keeping laptops and other electronic devices ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jan 09, 2012 |
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Weird world of water gets a little weirder with a new anomaly
Strange, stranger, strangest! To the weird nature of one of the simplest chemical compounds -- the stuff so familiar that even non-scientists know its chemical formula -- add another odd twist. Scientists ...
Nov 09, 2011 |
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Engineers 'cook' promising new heat-harvesting nanomaterials in microwave oven
(PhysOrg.com) -- Waste heat is a byproduct of nearly all electrical devices and industrial processes, from driving a car to flying an aircraft or operating a power plant. Engineering researchers at Rensselaer ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Sep 29, 2011 |
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Neutron analysis explains dynamics behind best thermoelectric materials
Neutron analysis of the atomic dynamics behind thermal conductivity is helping scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory gain a deeper understanding of how thermoelectric materials ...
Jun 06, 2011 |
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3D-Model mimics volcanic explosions
(PhysOrg.com) -- A 3-D model of a volcanic explosion, based on the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens in Washington state, may enhance our understanding of how some volcanic explosions occur and help identify ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 01, 2011 |
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Thermoelectrics generating electricity from waste heat is a step closer
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists in China and the US have modified a common thermoelectric material to vastly improve its thermoelectric properties. The development could lead to new devices capable of converting ...
May 06, 2011 |
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New method found for controlling conductivity
A team of researchers at MIT has found a way to manipulate both the thermal conductivity and the electrical conductivity of materials simply by changing the external conditions, such as the surrounding temperature. ...
Apr 29, 2011 |
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Research in microscale heat transfer promises to benefit military systems
(PhysOrg.com) -- A two-year-old Air Force Office of Scientific Research Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative effort involving the University of Michigan, Stanford University, Brown University, ...
Mar 14, 2011 |
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Start-up company aims to harness the full potential of producing electricity from waste heat
(PhysOrg.com) -- Matt Scullin co-founded Alphabet Energy just one year ago, but already the CEO has ambitions of turning the San Francisco-based start-up company into the "Intel of waste heat." By harnessing ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Sep 02, 2010 |
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Nearly Hard as Steel: Aluminum with Fullerenes
Russian researchers with Siemens Corporate Technology (CT) are using special carbon nanoparticles to optimize materials. They are adding fullerenes -- soccer ball-shaped molecules comprising 60 carbon atoms ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jul 16, 2010 |
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Planetary scientists solve 40-year-old mysteries of Mars' northern ice cap
Scientists have reconstructed the formation of two curious features in the northern ice cap of Mars—a chasm larger than the Grand Canyon and a series of spiral troughs—solving a pair of mysteries dating back ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 26, 2010 |
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Samsung's New Display Driver IC Packaging Solution Enhances Heat Dissipation in High-Performance TV Applications
Samsung Electronics today introduced its latest heat dissipation packaging technology solution for display driver ICs (DDIs) in high-end TV applications. Samsung's new ultra Low Temperature Chip On Film (u-LTCOF) ...
May 04, 2010 |
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Scientists Create Material More Insulating than the Vacuum
(PhysOrg.com) -- With its complete lack of atoms, a vacuum is often considered to be the best known insulator. For this reason, vacuums are regularly used to reduce heat transfer, such as in the lining of ...
Dec 10, 2009 |
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