Dec
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A Plastic Designed to Conduct Heat
December 9, 2014 | Leave a Comment
A University of Michigan (UM) team led by Professor Jinsang Kim and Associate Professor Kevin Pipe developed a new polymer plastic that disperses heat better than other polymers. The UM research team has made a plastic blend that does so 10 times better than its conventional counterparts. While plastics are inexpensive, lightweight and flexible they […]
Dec
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A Mirror to Beam Heat Out To Space
December 4, 2014 | 1 Comment
Stanford University engineers have invented a material designed to help cool buildings. The material reflects incoming sunlight, and it sends the heat from inside the building directly into space as infrared radiation. Its sure to cheer up the global warming crowd. For everyone else, lets save some serious money on air conditioning! A new ultrathin […]
Dec
3
Save Big With Aerodynamic Trucks
December 3, 2014 | Leave a Comment
Truck fuel consumption could be reduced by billions of gallons a year through the use of drag-reducing devices on semi tractor trailer trucks. According to new study presented at the American Physical Society’s Division of Fluid Dynamics (DFD) meeting in San Francisco the U.S. national truck fleet of more than 2 million tractor-trailer trucks that […]
Dec
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New Conductive Clay For Making Batteries and Capacitors
December 2, 2014 | Leave a Comment
Drexel University materials scientists have invented a clay that is both highly conductive and can easily be molded into a variety of shapes and sizes. The clay suggests a new production method from the rather complicated and costly processing currently used to make materials for lithium-ion batteries and supercapacitors. A new production process may look […]