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Jim LynchMay 3, 2019

U-M receives $6.25M to study heat-to-electricity conversion and cooling with LEDs

Michigan Engineering is leading four other universities in Department of Defense-funded research.

Kate McAlpineFebruary 15, 2019

Running an LED in reverse could cool future computers

Harnessing heat flow at the nanoscale while suppressing thermal radiation from the LED enables a new approach to light-based cooling.

Kate McAlpineSeptember 5, 2018

Heat transfer surprise could lead to thermal transistors

Mechanical engineers find another way to break Planck’s law at the nanoscale.

Nicole Casal MooreDecember 10, 2015

Heat radiates 10,000 times faster at the nanoscale

In a unique ultra-low vibration lab, engineers have, for the first time, measured how heat radiates from one surface to another in a vacuum at distances down to 2 nanometers.

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