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Nanowick at heart of new system to cool 'power electronics'

Researchers have shown that an advanced cooling technology being developed for high-power electronics in military and automotive systems is capable of handling roughly 10 times the heat generated by conventional ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Jul 22, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (13) | comments 0 | with audio podcast




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Diamond light, brighter than the sun

It’s the size of five football pitches and generates light 10 billion times brighter than the sun. As the Diamond Light Source celebrates its tenth anniversary this year, Penny Bailey visits one of the ...

Physics / General Physics

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 15 | with audio podcast

Graphene enhances many materials, but leaves them wettable

Graphene is the thinnest material known to science. The nanomaterial is so thin, in fact, water often doesn't even know it's there.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jan 23, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (12) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

The Medical Minute: Avoiding two winter weather-related problems

Though it may not have felt like winter until recently, it is that time of year when environmental exposures to the cold weather will be causing many problems for people. Here are some tips for preventing and safely treating ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Satellite imagery detects thermal 'uplift' signal of underground nuclear tests

A new analysis of satellite data from the late 1990s documents for the first time the "uplift" of ground above a site of underground nuclear testing, providing researchers a potential new tool for analyzing the strength of ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Protecting UA telescopes during the winter cold

(PhysOrg.com) -- Just as property owners are working to protect pipes from bursting during the winter cold, a UA team is working to protect telescope observatories.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 23, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

IBM reveals five innovations that will change our lives in the next five years (Update)

Today IBM formally unveiled the sixth annual “IBM 5 in 5" (#ibm5in5) – a list of innovations that have the potential to change the way people work, live and interact during the next five years.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Dec 19, 2011 | popularity 2.9 / 5 (25) | comments 27 | with audio podcast

Jumping droplets take a lot of heat

Microscopic water droplets jumping from one surface to another may hold the key to a wide array of more energy efficient products, ranging from large solar panels to compact laptop computers.

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Backpacks, not the bombs inside, key to finding DNA

Catching terrorists who detonate bombs may be easier by testing the containers that hide the bombs rather than the actual explosives, according to pioneering research led by Michigan State University.

Other Sciences / Other

created Dec 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Better thermal management promises cheaper, greener, cooler electronics

At first glance, supercomputers, car parts, entertainment systems and radar antennas may not have much in common, but they all stand to benefit from important advances in thermal management technology being ...

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Temperature differences give rise to electricity

More than half of today's energy consumption is squandered in useless waste heat, such as the heat from refrigerators and all sorts of gadgets and the heat from factories and power plants. The energy losses ...

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 09, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 3


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