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- New method joins gallium nitride and diamond for better thermal management (Phys.org)- April 30, 2013
- Many military radio frequency (RF) systems, like radar and communication systems, use a class of power amplifiers (PAs) called monolithic microwave integrated circuits (MIMIC). MMIC PAs using gallium nitride ... More...
- Berkeley Lab Startup Brings Fuel Cells to the Developing World (Berkeley Lab)- April 30, 2013
- In some parts of the developing world, people may live in homes without electricity or toilets or running water but yet they own cell phones. To charge those phones, they may have to walk for miles to reach a town charging station—and possibly even have to leave their phones overnight. Now a startup company spun off technology developed at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) has created a simple, inexpensive way to provide electricity to the 2.5 billion people in the world who... More...
- Working toward a more inexpensive and widespread use of solar energy (Phys.org)- April 25, 2013
- "The use of solar energy is increasing rapidly, and by 2050, the share of solar electricity may even represent one fourth of all the electricity used worldwide," predicts Professor Peter Lund of Aalto University. Solar energy ... More...
- Novel Thermoelectric Device Achieves Free Cooling Using Energy from Heat to ... (Azom.com)- April 15, 2013
- This self-cooling thermoelectric application is one of the lines of action of the GETER (Thermoelectric generation with residual heat energy) project, whose overall aim is to develop thermoelectric generators that allow the heat energy of a low thermal ... More...
- Innovative Self-Cooling, Thermoelectric System Consumes No Electricity (Science Daily)- April 11, 2013
- Researchers at the UPNA/NUP-Public University of Navarre have produced a prototype of a self-cooling thermoelectric device that achieves "free" cooling of over 30ºC in devices that give off heat. It is a piece of equipment that acts as a traditional cooler but which consumes no electricity because it obtains the energy it needs to function from the very heat that has to be dissipated. More...
- Team provides new insight into photosynthesis (Phys.org)- April 4, 2013
- Pigments found in plants and purple bacteria employed to provide protection from sun damage do more than just that. Researchers from the University of Toronto and University of Glasgow have found that they ... More...
- Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion: National Security Implications (Energy Collective)- April 1, 2013
- ocean thermal energy conversion The Department of the Navy states, =E2=80=9CSeafarers have always respected the power of wind and water. This is especially the case during storms at sea, where ships run the risk of damage or sinking from strong winds and high ... More...
- Nanoscale Heat Transfer Research Earns Air Force Grant (AZoNano.com)- April 1, 2013
- Wang is doing nanoscale heat transfer research that could improve thermoelectric devices and thermal barrier coatings. Their proposals to address research challenges related to Air Force missions were among 40 recently selected for funding from among ... More...
- New type of solar structure cools buildings in full sunlight (Phys.org)- March 28, 2013
- A Stanford team has designed an entirely new form of cooling panel that works even when the sun is shining. Such a panel could vastly improve the daylight cooling of buildings, cars and other More...
- Thermal Measurement Expert Dr. Andras Poppe Honored with the Harvey Rosten Award For Excellence (Fort Mill Times)- March 22, 2013
- Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ: MENT) today announced that Dr. Andras Poppe, associate professor at the Budapest University of Technology, Department of Electron Devices, has received the Harvey Rosten Award For Excellence in the Physical Design of Electronics. Dr. Poppe received the award for his paper, “A Step Forward in Multi-domain Modeling of Power LEDs,” at the 29th annual IEEE Thermal Measurement, Modeling and Management Symposium (SemiTHERM). More...