A group of researchers at the University of California, Riverside Bourns College of Engineering have developed a technique to keep cool a semiconductor material used in everything from traffic lights to electric cars. Gallium Nitride (GaN), a semiconductor material found in bright lights since the 1990s, is used in wireless applications due to its high efficiency and high … [Read more...]
Researchers Find Spider Silk Conducts Heat as Well as Metals
Xinwei Wang and his research team at Iowa State University found that spider silks - particularly the draglines that anchor webs in place - conduct heat better than most materials, including silicon, aluminum and pure iron. Spider silk also conducts heat 1,000 times better than woven silkworm silk and 800 times better than other organic tissues. Spider silk conducts heat at … [Read more...]
