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• Researchers design thermal energy storage device that uses molten silicon in insulated tanks

  Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Mass. have demonstrated a novel renewable energy storage system that stores excess thermal energy produced by solar or wind power in the form of white-hot liquid silicon contained in heavily-insulated tanks. details>>

• KIT researchers study competing states in high-temperature superconductors

  Researchers at the Karlsruhe (Germany) Institute of Technology (KIT) used high-resolution inelastic X-Ray scattering to discover that high uniaxial pressure creates a long-range charge order that competes with superconductivity, according to a report from the institute. details>>

• Researchers develop method for attaching heat sink without need for thermal interface materials

  Researchers at the University of Binghamton (N.Y.) have developed a process for laser metal printing a heat sink directly onto silicon, removing the need for thermal interface materials (TIM) between a heat sink and the component and reducing the component temperature by as much as 10 degrees. details>>

• Researchers develop nanoscale thermal transistor to conduct heat away from electronics components

  A team of engineers from Stanford University (Palo Alto, Calif.) have developed a nanoscale thermal transistor that conducts heat away from electronic components to limit the impact of excessive heat, according to a report from the school. details>>

• Process allows for 3-D printing of Kapton, material with desirable electrical and thermal properties

  Researchers at the Virginia Tech University (Blacksburg, Va.) Macromolecules Innovation Institute (MII) have developed a new process that allows for the 3-D printing of Kapton, a polyimide with electrical and thermal properties desired for electronics and aerospace applications. details>>

• Porous, metal-organic frameworks to provide foundation for measuring temps at molecular level

  Researchers at the Ghent University Center for Molecular Modeling in Belgium have discovered through computer simulations that the temperature at which metal-organic frameworks expand or shrink can be tuned, which makes it possible to use them in thermostats that work at the molecular level. details>>

• Researchers working towards low-power thermoelectric generators to charge wearables

  Researchers from the Agency for Science, Technology, and Research (A*STAR) Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE) in Singapore are working to develop low-power thermoelectric generators that would convert waste heat, potentially including body heat, into electricity to keep wearable devices operating. details>>

• Project develops adsorption heat pump tech to reduce cost of building energy consumption

  Collaboration between IBM Research in Zurich, the University of Applied Sciences Rapperswil (HSR), the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa), the School of Management and Engineering Vaud (HEIG-VD), and the Paul Scherrer Institute has developed a new adsorption heat pump (AdHP) technology using silica gel that will reduce the consumption of fossil fuels for... details>>

• Researchers develop easier method for growing post-graphene 2-D materials for electronics

  Scientists from Nagoya University (Japan) have developed a new segregation method for creating monolayers of post-graphene 2-D materials, specifically germanium, which is easier than the standard process and creates more uniform layers. details>>

• Researchers demonstrate for first time that graphene enables clock rates in terahertz range

  Scientists have long believed that graphene could be used to push electronics to higher clock rates, into the terahertz range, but there has been no proof of this capability, until recent research from Helmholtz Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) and the University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE), in cooperation with the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research (MPI-P), which demonstrates that graphene... details>>