Certain configurations of the filler element barium will be very effective in lowering the materials’ thermal conductivity and thus increasing their conversion efficiency. Today’s state-of-the-art thermoelectric materials are only five percent efficient. Skutterudites, and this new knowledge about how best to arrange their atoms, could help improve their performance to 15- or 20-percent, at which …
This is an optical photograph of an aluminum z-pinch target tube installed in the Z machine. A new X-ray imaging capability has taken pictures of a critical instability at the heart of Sandia’s huge Z accelerator. The effort may help remove a major impediment in the worldwide, multidecade, multibillion dollar effort to harness nuclear fusion …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software Shot 9-09-10-02, 0.225 microsec before pinch Right – Shot 9-15-10-07, magnified plasmoid at the pinch. We see the plasmoid on axis, which is about 150 microns across. The small dots are individual pixels, and do not represent actual fluctuations in intensity. On September 29, Lawrenceville Plasma …
Ad Support : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software Alphabet Energy is a startup that has a a thermoelectric chip that can be inserted into any exhaust flue or engine to convert heat into electrical power.lphabet says its innovation is in both the choice of material and proprietary technology that gives it low thermal conductivity, …
Hans Rosling in a TED Talk discusses the history of individual health and wealth from 1858 through today and into the future. He discusses the importance of national sovereignty, which helped Japan from 1858 to 1949 when India and China did not have it. I will give the punchline date at the end of this …