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Steampipe keeps electronics cool
Dec 04, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The cooling of electronic components is playing an increasing role in the design process of electronic equipment such as mobile telephones, games computers and laptops. Wessel Wits, PhD student ...
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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.
Electricity from the exhaust pipe
Jun 03, 2008 |
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Researchers are working on a thermoelectric generator that converts the heat from car exhaust fumes into electricity. The module feeds the energy into the car's electronic systems. This cuts fuel consumption and helps reduce ...
Shuttle to carry 'Constrained Vapor Bubble' experiment to International Space Station
Aug 25, 2009 |
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An experimental heat transfer system designed by researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is scheduled to depart Earth aboard Space Shuttle Discovery. Astronauts will install the system into a laboratory ...
Future Computer Chips Could Be Cooled With Nanofluid
Apr 20, 2006 |
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“This is the next generation of cooling devices,” Dr. Hongbin Ma tells PhysOrg.com. With a group of students at the University of Missouri-Columbia, and colleagues at Argonne National Laboratory and Intel Corporation, Ma ...
New study measures hookah use among Florida teens
Nov 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Hookah pipe smoking has gained a foothold with Florida teens, according to a new University of Florida study, which shows 11 percent of high school students and 4 percent of middle school students have tried ...
Rensselaer Researchers Develop Heat Spreader for Epileptic Seizure Treatment Device
Jul 26, 2005 |
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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute researchers are developing a tiny, highly efficient heat spreader to be used in a new device to be implanted in the brain of patients who suffer from severe epileptic seizures. ...
Electricity from body heat
Aug 01, 2007 |
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Making calls from a cell phone with no battery, using just the warmth of your hand? Perhaps that’s no more than a pipe dream right now. But new circuits are already making it possible to harness body heat ...
If you can't measure the heat...
Jul 29, 2008 |
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Accurate measurement of thermal performance is crucial if new government legislation aimed at producing dramatic reductions in CO2 emissions is to be successful. The UK's National Physical Laboratory (NPL) is offering constructi ...
Many Tricks Can Save Electricity
Feb 23, 2009 |
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The electric bill this winter is more than a car payment, and you've decided to take action. But if you're not well-schooled, it's best to take some advice from the pros before stalking heat-saving products up and down the ...
Sound waves turn natural gas into liquid
Mar 06, 2007 |
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Worldwide, 100 billion cubic meters of natural gas is wasted every year. Now, the Denver-based company Swift LNG aims to turn that gas into a usable liquid fuel with a thermoacoustic natural gas liquefaction technology just ...
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