News tagged with liquid coolant
Spitzer Space Telescope: Warmed Up and Ready to Go
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 28, 2009 |
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NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has put its infrared eyes back on the sky to observe the cold and dusty universe.
Chemists make liquid protein
Jul 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The first known example of a liquid protein has been made by chemists at the University of Bristol opening up the possibility of a number of medical and industrial applications including high-potency ...
Heat-Transfer Material Could Allow More Powerful Radar Electronics
Jul 09, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Open any computer and you're sure to see at least one massive cooling device, complete with metal fins and a noisy fan. Today's high-power processing chips generate lots of heat -- and those ...
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K-State project aims to make sodium-cooled nuclear reactors safe, efficient
Jun 18, 2007 |
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Proposals to reduce America's heavy dependence on foreign oil are helping to renew interest in nuclear energy. And at Kansas State University, the goal is to help make that energy source as safe as possible.
Salt could cool cores of advanced nuclear reactors
Nov 03, 2006 |
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The water in a conventional nuclear reactor cools the core, but a graduate student at the University of Missouri-Rolla says salt would be a better alternative in some advanced reactor designs.
NEC, Hitachi develop Liquid Cooling System for Desktop PC with Liquid Cooled HDD
Aug 01, 2007 |
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NEC and Hitachi have jointly developed a new liquid cooling system for desktop PCs, which reduces PC operating noise to approximately 1/3 that of current models in Japan.
New purdue facility aims to improve NASA moon rocket engine
Mar 10, 2008 |
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Purdue University engineers are conducting experiments using a new hydrogen facility to help NASA create designs to improve the cooling efficiency and performance of the J-2X rocket engine, critical for future ...
Butterfly proboscis to sip cells
Nov 22, 2009 |
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A butterfly's proboscis looks like a straw -- long, slender, and used for sipping -- but it works more like a paper towel, according to Konstantin Kornev of Clemson University. He hopes to borrow the tricks of this piece ...
Discovery valve working, countdown to resume
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Aug 27, 2009 |
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Initial testing on a malfunctioning valve that grounded the space shuttle Discovery is encouraging and countdown will resume Thursday ahead of the next launch attempt, NASA said.
Researchers study salt's potential to store energy
Jun 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- When the wind blows, it blows — sometimes to a fault. The same is true for the sun: It can beat down relentlessly, scorching everything — and everyone-beneath its intense rays.
Engineer creates a new tool for keeping computers cool
Jul 11, 2005 |
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Anyone who has listened to the constant whir of a computer's fan or held a laptop for too long knows how blazing hot computers can get. In fact, today's ultra-powerful computers generate so much heat that air cooling tec ...
IBM and ETH Zurich unveil plan to build new kind of water-cooled supercomputer
Jun 23, 2009 |
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In an effort to achieve energy-aware computing, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH), and IBM today announced plans to build a first-of-a-kind water-cooled supercomputer that will directly ...
NASA delays shuttle Discovery launch
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Aug 27, 2009 |
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NASA on Thursday delayed the launch of the space shuttle Discovery until 0359 GMT Saturday so mission specialists could review tests on a faulty valve, the US space agency said.
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