Technology Flow and thermal modeling of liquid metal in expanded microchannel heat sinks Andrew McCollum Jun 21, 2023 Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Liquid metal, with its superior thermal conductivity,…
Technology Beyond on and off: Engineers create continuously tunable thermal regulators Andrew McCollum Jun 13, 2023 Zixin Xiong, a Purdue University PhD candidate in mechanical engineering, studies thermal transport at high…
Technology Researchers: We’ve created a new lens that could take thermal cameras out of spy films and put… Andrew McCollum Jun 8, 2023 Credit: Shutterstock Like something out of a spy movie, thermal cameras make it possible…
Technology Research discovery unlocks thermal energy storage optimization Andrew McCollum May 23, 2023 The research team predicted and measured heat transfer rates into cylindrical thermal energy storage composites to…
Technology Recycling of garnet solid electrolytes with lithium-dendrite penetration by thermal healing Andrew McCollum Apr 21, 2023 (a) Schematic diagram showing the formation and healing process for Li dendrites. (b) Cross-sectional SEM image of…
Technology Batteries won’t cut it—we need solar thermal technology to get us through the night, says… Andrew McCollum Apr 11, 2023 Credit: Solar Reserve, Author provided Australia's transition to renewables is gathering…
Technology Sustainable thermal energy batteries from fully bio‐based transparent wood Andrew McCollum Mar 31, 2023 Peter Olsén and Céline Montanari, researchers in the Department of Biocomposites at KTH Royal Institute of Technology…
Technology A deadly game of hide & seek Andrew McCollum Mar 30, 2023 On today’s battlefields, however, it is no longer enough to merely hide from human eyes. People and kit are given away as well by signals beyond the visual spectrum, and devices…
Technology Novel heat-transfer medium and air wall increase efficiency of solar thermal tower power plants Andrew McCollum Mar 24, 2023 The ceramic material was characterized optically, thermally and mechanically at the outdoor test stand at Fraunhofer…
Technology The end of thermal cars: Why electric vehicles aren’t a silver bullet Andrew McCollum Mar 22, 2023 By the end of the year, electric cars are expected to account for 13% of global light vehicle sales, up 9% from 2021,…