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  • Cooling computer chips by laser light for improved performance and energy efficiency

    A US-based research consortium is working on developing a laser-based photonic cooling technology to both improve computer processor performance and either replace or complement water- and air- based cooling...

    • Publication date : 2025/04/23
    • Subjects: Technology
  • Out of the ordinary: tasting robot

    A state-of-the-art tasting robot may transform quality and safety checks. Papero, a 60-com robot developed by NEC, is fitted with infrared spectroscopic technology and a processor and software. It can identify foods, list their ingredients and...

    • Publication date : 2006/11/15
  • Producing ammonia using less energy

    Scientists at the Tokyo Institute of Technology have developed an improved catalyst facilitating the synthesis of ammonia at merely 50°C (when conventional techniques require temperatures of 450°C).

    • Publication date : 2020/07/06
    • Subjects: HFCs alternatives
  • Cryogenic applications: Cooling largest outer-space telescope

    In his presentation on cryogenics applications at the IIR-AFF centenary conference in Paris (see Focus), Philippe Lebrun, President of the IIR's Section A, mentioned cryogenic detectors of cosmic signals and cited Herschel probe as an example. The...

    • Publication date : 2008/08/12