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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
Chemistry World July 22, 2014 Charlie Quigg	Polymer changes color in the heat of the moment Scientists in China, the UK and the Netherlands have engineered a polydiacetylene polymer that reversibly changes color within 1 second of being heated or cooled.
Chemistry World March 10, 2010 Simon Hadlington	Shape-shifting polymers A US researcher has shown how a so-called shape memory polymer - a material which can take on a temporary shape and then return to its permanent shape in response to an external stimulus - has the unusual ability to 'memorize' a range of different shapes.
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 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.
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.
Technology Research News February 23, 2005	Plastic changes color in heat Researchers have engineered a plastic that loses its color when heated. It could eventually be used to produce relatively inexpensive temperature-based paint.
Technology Research News January 14, 2004 Kimberly Patch	Pressure shapes plastic If you want to turn a plastic into a liquid you usually have to apply heat. A material with a nanoscale mix of hard and soft plastics, however, can be made to flow at room temperature, given high-pressure. The result could be cheaper and greener recycling.
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.
Reactive Reports December 2006 David Bradley	Plastic Shape Shifter Temperature-controlled triple-shaped plastics that can change shape from one form to another, then another, have been developed by researchers.
This Old House November 2007 Max Alexander	Geothermal Heat Pump For the ultimate in comfort and energy conservation, start by digging a hole.
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Chemistry World March 3, 2006 Katharine Sanderson	Thin Films Cooled by an Electric Field A material that can be cooled by an electric field could replace greenhouse gases as a refrigerant in household and industrial fridges, scientists claim.
Chemistry World April 21, 2015 James Urquhart	Plant-inspired plastics take shape Shape-shifting plastics which respond to external stimuli, similar to how Venus flytraps ensnare prey and touch-me-nots fold their leaves inwards when touched, have come a step closer thanks to a new polymer.
Chemistry World January 8, 2016 Simon Hadlington	New shape memory polymer with a permanent twist The new kind of polymer's permanent shape can be changed multiple times, with the features from the previous shape remaining locked into the structure.
Technology Research News September 24, 2003 Kimberly Patch	Heated plastic holds proteins One important task for biochips is sorting proteins, but it's tricky business getting protein molecules to be where you want them and stay away from where you don't. A tiny, plastic-coated hot plate allows scientists to trap and release proteins on command.
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2007 John Keller	Temperature's Rising: Designers Face Myriad Options to Cool Electronic Systems More electronic and electro-optic systems mean more electric power, and increasing heat that engineers must get rid of. Today's choices include convection, conduction, and liquid-cooling options. Tomorrow's choices will be more complex.
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2006 J.R. Wilson	The great cooling dilemma: conduction, convection, or liquid Today's most advanced cooling technologies are starting to take center stage.
IEEE Spectrum November 2008 Monica Heger	IBM Tests Heating Homes With Data-Center Waste Heat Cooling computers with hot water is a step toward zero-emission data centers
Chemistry World November 10, 2011 Helen Gray	Shrinky Dink origami powered by heat US scientists have devised a method of generating 3D structures from flat surfaces by printing patterns onto a polymeric children's toy and letting an IR heat lamp do the rest.
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.
The Motley Fool June 25, 2004 Selena Maranjian	Cool Off Your Cooling Bill We're heading into the dog days of summer, July and August, when we'll likely fire up our air-conditioners and then wince when we open our electric bills. Here are some tips on how to reduce your cooling bills.
Chemistry World September 10, 2012 Andy Extance	Sweaty Buildings Cool Themselves Covering the roofs of buildings with a hydrogel could help them keep cool by sweating.
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 July 16, 2003 Kimberly Patch	Electricity shapes nano plastic Plastic is a popular material for electronics these days because it's light and flexible. But today's chipmaking processes tend toward hard crystals, not soft polymers. A method that yields microscopic plastic structures could help, and it's based on a readily-available resource -- electricity.
Chemistry World February 7, 2008 Lewis Brindley	3d Television a Step Closer to Reality Watching televisions in 3D could be a reality in future thanks to a polymer that allows holograms to be recorded and erased on a single display.
Chemistry World October 11, 2007 Jonathan Edwards	'Tuneable' Polymer Can Separate Anything An international team of scientists have made a polymer with pores which can be fine-tuned to speedily separate different small molecules -- with applications ranging from carbon capture to fuel cells.
Food Engineering June 1, 2008	Keeping Sugar's Cool RT Group's new heat exchanger cooled 80 tons per hour of sugar from 110 F to 86 F using cooling water at 68 F.
IEEE Spectrum May 2006 Samuel K. Moore	Poky Plastic Perks Up Materials scientists have invented the first polymer semiconductor to perform almost as well as the type of silicon used to drive flat-panel displays.
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.
Chemistry World March 2006	The Last Retort: Still Baffled by H2O A laboratory in the U.S. has a mission to investigate the chemistry and physics of pure water more deeply than anyone has done before, with the help of a supercomputer called Thunder.
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2007 John Keller	Through with Hydraulics? Think Again Opportunity for leaks, outright breaks, clogs, and the weight of liquid and pipe have led aircraft designers to search for a way to eliminate hydraulic systems. Electric systems looked promising, but now it's back to the drawing board.
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.
This Old House David Dobbs	10 Ways to Beat the Heat Staying cool this summer doesn't necessarily mean you have to pay a fortune to keep the air-conditioning running day and night.
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2007 Ben Kuster	CFD Analysis Delivers Impressive Savings for Electronics Thermal Design Computational-fluid-dynamics software is an invaluable thermal-analysis weapon for the electronics design arsenal. At VT Miltope Corp., it saves weeks of development time and thousands of development dollars-even on small projects.
Chemistry World February 25, 2013 Jon Cartwright	Crystals of polystyrene Chemists in Japan and Italy have created a polymer-based material that has a crystalline structure. The material, which achieves its crystallinity with crosslinks between its polymer chains, is expected to have a high mechanical strength.
Chemistry World March 20, 2006 Jon Evans	Polymer Matches Silicon in Semi-Conductor Stakes Materials scientists have developed a semi-conducting polymer that, for the first time, conducts electricity at levels similar to conventional silicon-based semi-conductors.
American Journal of Nursing July 2008 Kiekkas et al.	Physical Antipyresis in Critically Ill Adults Nurses use a variety of methods to cool critically ill patients, even though there are no guidelines for the treatment of temperature elevation in this population.
Geotimes April 2006 Megan Sever	Feeling the Heat Wave New research on ways to mitigate the urban heat island effect is showing that simple techniques show promise in at least partially reversing the urban warming.
Chemistry World August 9, 2007 Kira Welter	Molecular Heatwave Spreads at Ferocious Pace Wildfires spread frighteningly fast, but thankfully not at kilometers per second pace. That's the rate at which heat rips through a molecule.
Chemistry World April 28, 2011 Laura Howes	Polymer collapses in a flash Researchers in the Netherlands have created a polymer that folds up like a protein on exposure to light.
Chemistry World October 11, 2011 Andrew Turley	A Polymer Plug for Blood Vessels A polymer product that can temporarily block blood vessels during surgery has been approved in the US. The product, called LeGoo, is liquid at room temperature, but rapidly forms a gel when warmed by the body, creating a firm plug and halting blood flow.
Technology Research News February 25, 2004	Nanotubes boost shape recovery Researchers have mixed carbon nanotubes with polymer to make a plastic that is good at springing back into shape when heated. The shape memory polymers could be used in practical applications in five years, according to the researchers.
Scientific American August 2008 Mark Fischetti	Working Knowledge: Home Heating Pumps That Warm and Cool By extracting warmth and coolness from the outside air or ground, heat pumps can provide greater efficiency and lower cost over the long haul.
Chemistry World May 16, 2007 Richard Van Noorden	Nanopolymers Get Stuck In U.S. scientists have discovered how to glue two materials together with a one nanometer-high layer of polymer chains.
IEEE Spectrum September 2008 Monica Heger	At Long Last, Plastic Electronics Goes Commercial Plastic Logic begins production today, racing with Polymer Vision to get flexible e-readers into consumers' hands
Chemistry World January 12, 2012 Simon Hadlington	Composites Reinforced in 3D A method that uses magnetic fields to align tiny structural elements within a polymer matrix has been developed by scientists in Switzerland.
Technology Research News April 6, 2005	Water Shifts Rubber's Shape Researchers have developed a material that can be shaped, but changes back to a permanent shape when immersed in water.