Search results for thermal engineering
Scientists Propose Thermal Memory to Store Data
Jan 07, 2009 |
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Most computers today store memory electronically, by maintaining a certain voltage. In contrast, a new kind of memory that stores data thermally, by maintaining temperature, is being investigated by researchers Lei Wang of ...
Graphene Takes the Heat
Feb 20, 2008 |
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Carbon nanotubes are being touted by many scientists and engineers as the material of the future, with the potential to revolutionize electronic technologies. But a new study shows that nanotubes may not be ...
How to enhance non-thermal effects of ultrasound
Dec 29, 2008 |
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In recent years HIFU has been widely used for the treatment of solid tumors, such as liver tumor, bone tumor, and breast cancer. The mechanism for therapeutic actions of HIFU includes thermal effects and non-thermal effects ...
Biomimetic-engineering design can replace spaghetti tangle of nanotubes in thermal material
Jun 17, 2009 |
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Nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) devices have the potential to revolutionize the world of sensors: motion, chemical, temperature, etc. But taking electromechanical devices from the micro scale down to ...
By adding graphene, researchers create superior polymer
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
May 19, 2008 |
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Researchers at Northwestern University and Princeton University have created a new kind of polymer that, because of its extraordinary thermal and mechanical properties, could be used in everything from airplanes to solar ...
Engineers develop method to disperse chemically modified graphene in organic solvents
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Mar 31, 2009 |
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A method for creating dispersed and chemically modified graphene sheets in a wide variety of organic solvents has been developed by a University of Texas at Austin engineering team led by Professor Rod Ruoff, opening the ...
Researcher Uses Graphene Quilts to Keep Things Cool
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Dec 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- University of California, Riverside Professor of Electrical Engineering and Chair of Materials Science and Engineering Alexander Balandin is leading several projects to explore ways to use ...
First direct evidence of lightning on Mars detected
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 17, 2009 |
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For the first time, direct evidence of lightning has been detected on Mars, say University of Michigan researchers who found signs of electrical discharges during dust storms on the Red Planet.
Nanofluids not so super-cool after all
Aug 30, 2007 |
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MIT engineers have shown that nanofluids, which once held promise as a super-coolant, do not have the theoretical cooling capabilities many scientists believed they had.
Biomimetic-engineering design can replace spaghetti tangle of nanotubes in novel material
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jun 01, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) devices have the potential to revolutionize the world of sensors: motion, chemical, temperature, etc. But taking electromechanical devices from the micro ...
Researchers develop new test method to measure stored heat in firefighter suits
Apr 14, 2009 |
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For decades, researchers have evaluated the thermal performance of protective clothing worn by firefighters. A particular area of current interest is how to address the burns received by firefighters when they are not directly ...
Measuring the Immeasurable: New Study Links Heat Transfer, Bond Strength of Materials
Apr 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The speed at which heat moves between two materials touching each other is a potent indicator of how strongly they are bonded to each other, according to a new study by researchers at Rensselaer ...
New biomass heater: A 'new era' of efficiency and sustainability
Feb 11, 2009 |
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Millions of homes in rural areas of Far Eastern countries are heated by charcoal burned on small, hibachi-style portable grills. Scientists in Japan are now reporting development of an improved “biomass charcoal combustion ...
Solar Cell Researcher Explores Nanotech Ideas
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Oct 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A UT Dallas researcher envisions a time soon when plastic sheets of solar cells are inexpensively stamped out in factories and then affixed to cell phones, laptops and other power-hungry mobile ...
Heat transfer between materials is focus of new research grant
Apr 30, 2008 |
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Managing heat is a major challenge for engineers who work on devices from jet engines to personal electronics to nano-scale transistors.
