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Biomimetic-engineering design can replace spaghetti tangle of nanotubes in thermal material

Biomimetic-engineering design can replace spaghetti tangle of nanotubes in thermal material

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Jun 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

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 ...


Scientists Track Heat in Tiny Rolls of Carbon Atoms

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Mar 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- IBM Research scientists today announced a landmark study in the field of nanoelectronics; the development and demonstration of novel techniques to measure the distribution of energy and heat in powered carbon ...





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Graphene Takes the Heat

Graphene Takes the Heat

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Feb 20, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (109) | comments 2

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 ...


Hybrid bluegrasses analyzed for use in transition zone

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The transition zone can be one of the most challenging places to maintain high-quality turfgrass; changeable growing conditions in these regions often prove too hot for some grasses and too cold for others. Finding turfgrass ...


Carbon Nanotube Cooler

Nanotubes could improve thermal management in electronics

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Mar 29, 2007 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (34) | comments 0

As the electronics industry continues to churn out smaller and slimmer portable devices, manufacturers have been challenged to find new ways to combat the persistent problem of thermal management. New research ...


Computation helps predict heat transfer in diamond

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Sep 22, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Cornell researcher Derek Stewart and collaborators have calculated the exact mechanism by which diamond conducts heat, a breakthrough that could lend insight into many fields, including electronics.


Hitachi Ships First Two Terabyte 7200 RPM Desktop Hard Disk Drive

Hitachi Ships First Two Terabyte 7200 RPM Desktop Hard Disk Drive

Electronics / Hardware

created Aug 10, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 3

Hitachi today announced that it is now shipping the world's first, two terabyte (2TB), 7200 RPM hard disk drive (HDD). The new 2TB Deskstar 7K2000 blends high performance and high capacity with low power and ...


Dassault and Dow Kokam announced a preliminary agreement to create batteries for electric and hybrid cars

French, US firms ally for electric car batteries

Technology / Energy

created Sep 22, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 2

French industrial group Dassault and US joint venture Dow Kokam on Tuesday announced a preliminary agreement on a partnership to create batteries for electric and hybrid cars.


A Better Way to Cool Computer Chips Receives Support

Technology /

created Mar 29, 2006 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Researchers at the University of California, Riverside investigating better ways to cool today’s high-performance computer microprocessors have received $275,000 from the National Science Foundation to further their work.


Phoenix Vibrates Soil on Oven Door

Phoenix Vibrates Soil on Oven Door

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jun 09, 2008 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (7) | comments 2

This animation shows a sample of Martian soil resting on a screen over the opening to one of the eight ovens of the Thermal and Evolved-Gas Analyzer instrument on Phoenix. After vibration, the soil slumped ...


Biomimetic-engineering design can replace spaghetti tangle of nanotubes in novel material

Biomimetic-engineering design can replace spaghetti tangle of nanotubes in novel material

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jun 01, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(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 ...


Computer science faculty explore thermal-aware computing

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Sep 25, 2007 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Kirk Cameron and Dimitrios Nikolopoulos, associate professors of computer science in the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech, have earned a National Science Foundation (NSF) – Computer Science Research (CSR) award of ...



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