Gold had long been considered a non-magnetic metal. But researchers at Tohoku University recently discovered that gold can in fact be magnetized by applying heat.
Condensed Matter
Jul 27, 2016
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One of the biggest problems in designing electronic components is getting rid of excess heat. Now, A*STAR researchers have found a simple way to vary the heat flow in graphene, a breakthrough that will improve attempts to ...
Nanomaterials
Jun 15, 2016
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As anyone who has held a laptop computer or cell phone knows, they produce heat that has the potential to damage the microchips inside. However, layered, crystalline black phosphorus could lead to a new microchip design that ...
Nanomaterials
Jun 13, 2016
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Heat flow in atomically thin materials is strongly directional and now research from A*STAR indicates that this property could be employed to improve the performance of computer hard drives.
Nanophysics
Jun 2, 2016
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Crouching low beneath the underbelly of the behemoth James Webb Space Telescope "observatory core" test model, surrounded by critical test hardware, a technician toiled for hours wrapping the replica's surfaces in delicate ...
Space Exploration
Apr 22, 2016
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Planetary scientists would be thrilled if they could peel the Earth like an orange and look at what lies beneath the thin crust. We live on the planet's cold surface, but the Earth is a solid body and the surface is continually ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 8, 2015
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Understanding nanoscale heat flow is critical in the design of integrated electronic devices and in the development of materials for thermal insulation and thermoelectric energy recovery. While several techniques are currently ...
Nanophysics
Nov 30, 2015
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Light, sound, and now, heat—just as optical invisibility cloaks can bend and diffract light to shield an object from sight, and specially fabricated acoustic metamaterials can hide an object from sound waves, a recently ...
General Physics
Sep 21, 2015
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Three-dimensional structures of boron nitride might be the right stuff to keep small electronics cool, according to scientists at Rice University.
Nanomaterials
Jul 15, 2015
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From ancient Egyptians roasting a dripping cut of beef next to the Great Pyramid of Giza to a Boy Scout learning to build a log cabin fire in his backyard, everyone builds fires with the same general shape. And now we know ...
Mathematics
Jun 8, 2015
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