News articles tagged with 'conductivity' (Page 2)
MIT scientists transform polyethylene into a heat-conducting material
— 16 Mar 2010 03:02 | TechnologyMost polymers - materials made of long, chain-like molecules - are very good insulators for both heat and electricity. But an MIT team has found a way to transform the most widely used…
Silicon-coated nanonets could build a better lithium-ion battery
— 17 Feb 2010 13:38 | TechnologyA tiny scaffold-like titanium structure of Nanonets coated with silicon particles could pave the way for faster, lighter and longer-lasting Lithium-ion batteries, according to a team…
High, not flat: Nanowires for a new chip architecture
— 3 Feb 2010 12:40 | TechnologyNowadays, a myriad of silicon transistors are responsible to pass on the information on a microchip. The transistors are arranged in a planar array, i.e. lying flat next to each other,…
Mismatched alloys are a good match for thermoelectrics
— 28 Jan 2010 08:00 | TechnologyEmploying some of the world's most powerful supercomputers, scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have shown that mismatched alloys are a good match for the future development…
Paper strips can quickly detect toxin in drinking water
— 11 Jan 2010 14:37 | TechnologyA strip of paper infused with carbon nanotubes can quickly and inexpensively detect a toxin produced by algae in drinking water…
New material could expand applications and lower costs for solid oxide fuel cells
— 2 Oct 2009 13:48 | TechnologyA new ceramic material described in this week's issue of the journal Science could help expand the applications for solid oxide fuel cells - devices that generate electricity directly…
Water in mantle may be associated with subduction
— 20 Aug 2009 13:32 | Geology and palaeontologyA team of scientists from Oregon State University has created the first global three-dimensional map of electrical conductivity in the Earth's mantle and their model suggests that that…
Graphene has high current capacity, thermal conductivity
— 29 Jul 2009 19:33 | TechnologyRecent research into the properties of graphene nanoribbons provides two new reasons for using the material as interconnects in future computer chips. In widths as narrow as 16 nanometres,…
Inexpensive plastic used in CDs could improve aircraft, computer electronics
— 16 May 2009 11:22 | TechnologyIf one University of Houston professor has his way, the inexpensive plastic now used to manufacture CDs and DVDs will one day soon be put to use in improving the integrity of electronics…
Thermal conductivity of seafloor
— 9 May 2009 14:32 | TechnologyProbably, the first German offshore wind facility will be put into operation yet in 2009. Then, 12 giant wind turbines out at the North Sea will turn near the isle of Borkum, each one…