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• UT-Dallas researchers find patriotic breakthrough for advanced electronics

  A team of researchers at that University of Texas at Dallas made an unexpected breakthrough in their study of materials that could be suitable for powering next-generation electronics. details>>

• 3-D printed liquid battery could cool future computer chip stacks

  Researchers from IBM Zurich and ETH Zurich have 3-D printed a tiny redox flow battery, where an electrochemical reaction produces electricity from two liquid electrolytes that are pumped into the loop, which could be used to power and cool computer chip stacks at the same time. details>>

• FAU researchers create largest diamond foil in the world

  Researchers at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU) in Germany have taken a step forward in the process of creating diamond foils for practical applications by creating the a foil with a diameter of 28 cm. details>>

• Researchers add coating to silicon semiconductors to enhance conductivity

  A team of researchers from the Agency for Science, Technology and Research Institute of Materials Research and Engineering developed a monolayer coating using supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO2) that prevents an oxide layer forming on semiconductors. details>>

• Researchers show bubble-recoil could cool microchips in space

  Scientists at the University of Illinois at Chicago, funded by NASA, have demonstrated how to utilize the minuscule force that is created by forming bubbles on a heated surface to mix liquid coolant around high-powered electronics, even in space. details>>

• MIT studies interactions that affect way heat moves through microchips

  Researchers at MIT have provided useful insights into how crystal dislocations, disruptions in the three-dimensional structure of a crystal lattice, affect electrical and heat transport at a microscopic, quantum mechanical level details>>

• International team of physicists study thermal conductivity of nanoislands

  An team of physicists have detailed how the vibrations of the atoms in the crystal lattice (phonons) of europium silicide (EuSi2) change depending on the nanostructure arrangement on a substrate of silicon. details>>

• UMass researchers develop surface treatment for conducting thin films

  Engineers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst have reported modeling results for electrical surface treatment of conducting thin films. details>>

• Stanford researchers present prototype energy converter that uses graphene

  Researchers used previously abandoned satellite-powering technology and graphene instead of metal to develop a prototype energy converter that is almost seven times more efficient. details>>

• Princeton engineers detail innovations to build intelligent cities

  As urban areas continue to expand to meet population and infrastructural needs, the future of cities is under intense scrutiny with engineers looking for new and sustainable models to build intelligent cities. details>>