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• KSU researcher patents polymer to create high-temperature ceramics

  Kansas State University associate professor Gupreet Singh has patented a liquid polymer composed of silicon, boron, carbon, nitrogen, and hydrogen that turns into a ceramic when heated and has thermal, optical, and electronic properties. details>>

• Researchers at Rutgers discover means to use graphene to cool tiny chips

  Researchers at Rutgers University have combined graphene with a smooth, boron nitride crystal substrate and discovered a method for active cooling that has reached a power factor two times higher than that of previous thermoelectric coolers. details>>

• MIT researchers develop process to iron out wrinkles in graphene

  A team of researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a method for manufacturing graphene with fewer wrinkles and for ironing out wrinkles that appear. details>>

• Brandeis researchers take first step towards self-propelled liquid

  Researchers at Brandeis University have reported the first steps have been taken towards liquids that can flow without human or mechanical effort. details>>

• New research could lead to redefinition of unit of temperature

  Researchers at the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), the national metrology institute of Germany, have used a dielectric-constant gas thermometer to accurately determine the Boltzmann constant. details>>

• Stanford scientist models new materials for high-power batteries

  Research at Stanford University has created a mathematical model for the design of new materials for storing energy that could lead to increased performance of high-powered electrical storage devices, such as car batteries. details>>

• Swedish researchers demonstrate efficient solar energy storage in liquid

  Researchers at the Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden have demonstrated an efficient method for storing solar energy in chemical liquid, which can be then released as heat whenever needed. details>>

• Researchers find way to outwit thermal noise in quantum communications

  Scientists at the University of Innsbruck and TU Wien (Vienna) in Austria developed a new quantum communication protocol intended to secure the transfer of information between quantum systems even under the contamination of thermal noise. details>>

• KAUST researchers create flexible thermoelectric generators

  A team of researchers at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Thuwal, Saudi Arabia have created a new method for enhancing the power generation properties of thermoelectric generators (TEG). details>>

• Fujitsu Labs exploring semiconductor packaging as thermal solution

  Fujitsu Labs has researched new devices, materials and packaging technologies for the Hyperconnected Cloud (HYCC). details>>