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Technology Research News February 26, 2003	Stamp bangs out plastic circuits Today's transistors are etched from silicon wafers in a multi-step process that involves laser beams, chemicals and clean rooms. A simpler process would make for cheaper computer chips, and a gentler process would allow for transistors of different materials.
InternetNews July 7, 2010	IBM Testing Hot Water to Cool Servers IBM researchers in Switzerland are standing server cooling on its head, using water as warm as 140 degrees to cool processors that have an unusually high safe operating temperature.
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2006 John McHale	Purdue Researchers Look at Nanotechnology to Reduce Computer-Chip Heating University researchers are looking to mitigate electronic systems heating problems through the use of carbon nanotubes. They have created carpets of microscopic nanotubes to enhance the performance of heat sinks to help keep future chips from overheating.
IEEE Spectrum June 2011 Eliza Strickland	Thermoelectrics Get Cooler Start-ups are advancing solid-state cooling systems
IndustryWeek December 16, 2010	Technology Would Power Cars with Auto Exhaust Developed by GM and Purdue University, system harvests heat from engine exhaust to generate electricity.
Technology Research News November 3, 2004	Lasers Move Droplets Labs-on-a-chip promise inexpensive and portable biological and chemical analysis. The key to making the tiny labs work is finding ways to move and mix minuscule amounts of substances.
InternetNews January 27, 2007 Andy Patrizio	Intel Breakthrough Keeps Moore's Law on Track Intel dispenses with silicon for the first time in 40 years in its effort to make smaller, faster and less power-hungry chips.
Technology Research News April 7, 2004	Material boosts thermoelectricity A new family of thermoelectric semiconductor materials have a ZT factor (a formula that includes thermal power, electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity and temperature) which may be high enough for practical electricity generation.
IEEE Spectrum July 2007 Saswato R. Das	Power Tool for Making Nanoscale Objects A physics team uses a special electron microscope to carve tiny gold, silver, and aluminum structures a few nanometers across.
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2005 John Keller	Is cooling the central design issue of our time? The pace of improvements in integrated circuitry is outstripping our ability to remove unwanted heat. And engineers are starting to quip about some of the dilemmas that new cooling approaches may create.
Military & Aerospace Electronics June 2005 John McHale	Purdue Researchers Create Miniature Cooling Device Mechanical engineers have developed techniques for modifying household refrigeration technology with small devices to cool future weapons systems and computer chips.
Technology Research News June 1, 2005	Going Nano Boosts Thermoelectrics Thermoelectric materials take advantage of the temperature difference between a pair of materials that conduct electricity. Researchers have shown how a thermoelectric material should be designed to reach its maximum possible efficiency.
Chemistry World May 3, 2011 James Urquhart	Turning heat into electricity with polymers Swedish researchers have improved the thermoelectric efficiency of an organic conducting polymer by controlling the material's oxidation level, boosting the prospect of developing cheap, flexible and lightweight organic thermoelectric devices
Chemistry World January 9, 2008 Lewis Brindley	A Silicon Surprise Two teams of US scientists have demonstrated silicon-based 'thermoelectric' materials that could convert waste heat back into electricity.
Technology Research News February 23, 2005	Tiny transistors sniff chemicals Researchers from the University of Texas at Austin have found that the chemical sensing abilities of infinitesimally small transistors made from thin films of the organic crystal pentacene are quite different from those of larger transistors made from the same materials.
AskMen.com July 10, 2012 Dave Golokhov	Heat And Mood It's been the warmest six months in United States history (on the mainland), and if the heat wave is getting to you, you're not the only one. According to a new study, we all get a bit cranky when it's hot out.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2010	Microelectronics Thermal Management Device From Nextreme Meets MIL-STD 883 Shock Standard An advanced heat-pumping thermoelectric device for electronics thermal management from Nextreme Thermal Solutions has passed the 3000-G shock test as defined in the 2002 mechanical shock standard.
The Motley Fool October 30, 2006 Jack Uldrich	IBM to Chips: Cool It! Big Blue's new chip-cooling technique could keep Moore's Law on track. IBM's system, while not yet ready for commercial production, is reportedly so efficient that officials expect it will double cooling efficiency.
Technology Research News January 28, 2004	Nanotubes tied to silicon circuit Connecting minuscule nanotube transistors to traditional silicon transistors enables the atomic-scale electronics to communicate with existing electronic equipment.
Fast Company Daniel Terdiman	IBM: Data Centers Could Cool Themselves With Their Own Waste Heat The centers, which use tremendous amounts of energy, will become far more efficient if "waste heat" generated by churning data centers can be converted into cool air.
IEEE Spectrum January 2009 Willie D. Jones	Intel-led Team Demonstrates First Chip-Scale Thermoelectric Refrigerator An integrated thermoelectric device cools a hot spot on a much larger chip
Technology Research News July 27, 2005	Bacteria drive biochip sensor Researchers are working to connect living cells to computer chips to gain the best of both worlds.
Chemistry World August 30, 2012 Helen Gray	Graphene printer helps fight Parkinson's disease Scientists in China have developed a method to produce large-scale, high quality, graphene composite films easily and cheaply. The process could be invaluable in commercializing the material for electrochemical biosensor applications.
Bio-IT World August 13, 2002 John Dodge	Let's get Small Nanotechnology raises the bar for semiconductors as chips near single-digit nanometer proportions.
Chemistry World February 21, 2007 Simon Hadlington	Organic Electricity Generator is Hot Stuff Researchers have successfully demonstrated the thermoelectric effect in an organic molecule. The findings open up the possibility of potential new energy sources, and also present a novel way for probing the electronic structure of molecular junctions.
Technology Research News October 22, 2003	Nanowires boost plastic circuits The move is on to develop flexible, cheap, plastic electronics, but so far organic circuits have fallen far short of silicon chip performance. Researchers from the Hahn-Meitner Institute in Germany have moved the field forward with a new way to make flexible transistors.
Technology Research News December 17, 2003 Eric Smalley	Microfluidics make flat screens A new method for making big, cheap flat screen displays is a bit like making muffins. Pour liquid polymer into microfluidic channels aligned above an array of electrodes, let cure, and you have organic thin film transistors.
Chemistry World January 5, 2011 Jon Cartright	Silk woven into transistors Researchers in Sweden and Spain have created transistors woven from modified silk fibres. The breakthrough bodes well for a new generation of electronic circuits that can be incorporated into fabrics or inserted into biological environments.
CIO January 15, 2002 John Edwards	Building a Better Battery The search for a better battery is getting a push from the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA), which has given Yale University's engineering department $2.4 million to develop readily rechargeable microcombustion batteries...
IEEE Spectrum December 2011 Strano & Kalantar-Zadeh	Nanodynamite Fuel-coated nanotubes could provide bursts of power to the smallest systems
PC Magazine February 1, 2006 Sebastian Rupley	Minding Moore's Law More speed and less power draw are the main mantras in the semiconductor business, and Intel, in partnership with QinetiQ, has developed new transistors to advance both goals.
Chemistry World February 6, 2013 Jennifer Newton	Electricity at your fingertips Scientists in South Korea have made a conducting polymer as part of a thin-film thermoelectric device that can generate electricity from the temperature difference between your fingertips and the environment.
Military & Aerospace Electronics February 2008	Nextreme Offers Electro-Optics and Microelectronics Cooler for Military Applications Nextreme Thermal Solutions is introducing the Ultra-High Packing Fraction (UPF) OptoCooler thermoelectric module for cooling and temperature-control requirements for electronics, medical, military, and aerospace applications.
PC World September 12, 2002 James Niccolai	Tomorrow's CPU: Wireless Link Inside Intel finds new ways to shrink, speed chips, plus build in radio functions.
Technology Research News June 30, 2004	Method tests molecular devices Components made from molecules are likely to be smaller than those that can be made using today's chip fabrication methods, and they can potentially self-assemble, which would make for inexpensive manufacturing processes.
Technology Research News November 5, 2003	Process prints silicon circuits Researchers from Princeton University have demonstrated a way to use a flexible stamp to print thin-film transistors. The researchers' eventual goal is to directly print electronics on flexible surfaces.
InternetNews August 3, 2010	Tech Firms Split on Paying for Security Flaws Some major IT firms have made it a standard practice to pay security researchers for bringing vulnerabilities to their attention, while others have a strict prohibition against it. What accounts for the divide?
IEEE Spectrum March 2008 Neil Savage	Random Nanostructure Boosts Thermoelectric Power Efficiency increase opens the door to many new applications for thermoelectric converters.
BusinessWeek April 18, 2005 Adam Aston	The Coming Chip Revolution Facing the limits of silicon, scientists are turning to carbon nanotubes. But even with a reliable supply of tubes, scaling up production to supply a vast global industry will take years.
Chemistry World April 4, 2014 Charlotte Still	Power up with body heat A thermoelectric generator that converts body heat into electricity could make replacing or recharging batteries in wearable electronics a task of the past.
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2008 Courtney E. Howard	Hot components and cool enclosures Systems architects and integrators are tackling the issues of military electronics survivability with clever chassis designs.
Chemistry World March 20, 2013 Harriet Brewerton	Period heat source gives thermoelectric power a boost Scientists in the US have found a way to improve the efficiency of thermoelectric power generators -- devices designed to convert heat directly into electricity.
Chemistry World July 25, 2008 Lewis Brindley	Thermoelectrics doped for better performance Researchers have discovered how to boost the performance of lead telluride, a thermoelectric material that converts heat into electricity: just add thallium.
Technology Research News October 6, 2004	Gas flow makes electricity Gas flows at speeds as low as a few meters per second over semiconductor materials and carbon nanotubes have produced electricity. The phenomenon could lead to small, inexpensive, accurate gas flow sensors in less than two years, according to the researchers.
Technology Research News March 23, 2005	Layers promise cheap circuits The challenge is making organic transistors that work well electronically.
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2009 J.R. Wilson	Electronic thermal management is heading to the wall Systems designers who are used to boosting electronic system performance by adding ever-more transistors may have to rethink their design approaches.
BusinessWeek October 4, 2004 Stephen H. Wildstrom	Those Superfast Chips: Too Darn Hot Cooling today's fastest chips is becoming a challenge in even the biggest desktop towers.
IEEE Spectrum January 2008 Neil Savage	Silicon Nanowires Turn Heat to Electricity Thermoelectric converters could tap waste heat from power plants and microchips.
AskMen.com June 20, 2013	Summer Foods Video Summer is finally here, but if you were thinking of cracking open some cold ones and grabbing ice cream to cool down, you should probably think again.
The Motley Fool February 1, 2005 Tim Beyers	Taiwan Semiconductor Unsettling The company resolves a patent dispute with China's Semiconductor Manufacturing. But it's not enough.