Editorial

• Researchers using graphene papers for personal thermal management

  Scientists described in a new research paper a process for using a blade-coating approach to create large-area, macroscopic-assembled, free-standing and chemically stable graphene papers with adjustable thickness for use in potential personal thermal management devices. details>>

• Israeli company producing coating that cools buildings in the sun

  SolCold, a company based in Herzliya, Israel, has developed a special coating for the roof of a building that cools in sunlight and could potentially save homeowners and business owners on energy costs associated with air conditioning. details>>

• Self-powered data center campus opening outside of Milan

  Aruba S.p.A. has announced that its Global Cloud Data Center on a 200,000-square meter campus in Ponte San Pietro, Italy (minutes from Milan) will incorporate hydroelectric power, cold underground water, and photovoltaic solar panels to be fully powered by renewable energy. details>>

• Interview outlines developments in copper plating for thermal management

  Patty Goldman of I-Connect007 recently posted an interview with Dr. Albert Angstenberger, global technology manager for metallization with MacDermid Enthone Electronics Solutions, who had delivered a paper at SMTA International on the development of copper pillar plating systems. details>>

• Intel creates 17-qubit superconducting test chip for quantum computing

  Intel recently announced that it has a delivered a 17-qubit superconducting test chip for quantum computing to its research partner in the Netherlands, QuTech, to demonstrate the progress that Intel is making towards a working quantum computing system. details>>

• Personal thermostat startup prepares to launch first line of wristbands

  Embr Labs, a startup created by students from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and based in Boston, Mass., is preparing to launch Embr Wave, a personal thermostat wristband that keeps the wearer comfortable. details>>

• Researchers demonstrate potential for electrically-heated textiles

  Scientists from the University of Massachusetts (UMass) Amherst have developed a new technique for creating electrically-heated textiles using vapor deposition to nano-coat fabrics into sewable, weavable, material. details>>

• Interview outlines cooling solution for SKA telescope project

  A recent interview conducted by Biz News with Aphiwe Hotele, a member of the science data processor team at the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) telescope project in South Africa, revealed that immersion cooling in oil is being used to keep the server equipment cool. details>>

• Geothermal district cooling efforts spreading to U.K. city

  Geothermal cooling and district cooling have spread to the city of Stoke-on-Trent (U.K.), which has announced plans to start laying pipes and building a geothermal network. details>>

• Professor receives grant to work on scaling up production of carbon nanotubes

  Placidus Amama has received a three-year, $300,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to work through challenges in scaling up the production of carbon nanotubes from industrial waste gas. details>>