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🚨 SOUTH KOREAN SCIENTISTS JUST CREATED HOLLOW SILICON NANOTUBES THAT TRAP HEAT AND TURN WASTE ENERGY INTO ELECTRICITY. Researchers at POSTECH have developed a new hollow silicon nanotube structure that dramatically reduces thermal conductivity. By turning solid nanowires into microscopic pipes, they trapped heat-carrying particles (phonons) inside the tubes, cutting thermal conductivity by 70% compared to solid wires. Even when both structures had the same surface area, the hollow nanotubes still ran 33% cooler. This phonon localization effect previously thought to require extreme cold or exotic materials was achieved at near-room temperature using simple silicon nanotubes. Why this matters: • Waste heat from data centers, EV batteries, factories, and electronics is currently lost this could capture and convert it into usable electricity • The technology uses abundant, cheap silicon instead of rare and expensive materials like bismuth and tellurium • It’s highly compatible with existing semiconductor manufacturing, making large-scale production more realistic • It solves a long-standing problem: silicon is great for chips but terrible for thermoelectric energy conversion The deeper implication: This breakthrough shows that clever nanoscale engineering can unlock new capabilities from ordinary materials. By controlling how heat moves at the atomic level, researchers are opening a path to more efficient energy recovery systems without relying on scarce resources. As AI and computing power keep growing, finding ways to recycle the massive amounts of waste heat they generate will become increasingly important. How significant do you think waste-heat recovery technologies like this could become in the next decade? Follow for more frontier materials science and energy innovation.

🚨 SOUTH KOREAN SCIENTISTS JUST CREATED HOLLOW SILICON NANOTUBES THAT TRAP HEAT AND TURN WASTE ENERGY INTO ELECTRICITY. Researchers at POSTECH have developed a new hollow silicon nanotube structure that dramatically reduces thermal conductivity. By turning solid nanowires into microscopic pipes, they trapped heat-carrying particles (phonons) inside the tubes, cutting thermal conductivity by 70% compared to solid wires. Even when both structures had the same surface area, the hollow nanotubes still ran 33% cooler. This phonon localization effect previously thought to require extreme cold or exotic materials was achieved at near-room temperature using simple silicon nanotubes. Why this matters: • Waste heat from data centers, EV batteries, factories, and electronics is currently lost this could capture and convert it into usable electricity • The technology uses abundant, cheap silicon instead of rare and expensive materials like bismuth and tellurium • It’s highly compatible with existing semiconductor manufacturing, making large-scale production more realistic • It solves a long-standing problem: silicon is great for chips but terrible for thermoelectric energy conversion The deeper implication: This breakthrough shows that clever nanoscale engineering can unlock new capabilities from ordinary materials. By controlling how heat moves at the atomic level, researchers are opening a path to more efficient energy recovery systems without relying on scarce resources. As AI and computing power keep growing, finding ways to recycle the massive amounts of waste heat they generate will become increasingly important. How significant do you think waste-heat recovery technologies like this could become in the next decade? Follow for more frontier materials science and energy innovation.

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Sorry, but this is kind of how it feels right now. 😜 The summer of the Heat Dome! Back to back record shattering heat domes in #Europe and the #USA with more on the way over the next two weeks. With a developing Super El Niño on top of an already heating Earth, this summer promises to be the “Summer of the #HeatDome” #heatwave

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Data centers in Virginia, not residential customers, should pay the costs of new transmission lines and substations their developments require. My Administration is urging the State Corporation Commission to take this commonsense step to protect families from increased costs, improve accountability, and set up a more affordable and reliable energy system.

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15,708 views • 5 months ago

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33,838,092 views • 2 months ago

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Amazing Things

105,537 views • 2 months ago

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TheNewPhysics

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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian: “Last winter we experienced power outages and shutdowns, but this year there were none. We must ensure that this does not happen in the summer either. The public should not have to endure electricity shortages in the summer. Cutting gas and electricity to factories is unacceptable, as it causes heavy economic losses and has a cascading impact on employment and tax revenues. The solution to the energy crisis lies in efficient consumption. Energy consumption in Iran is three times higher than in Western countries. Bringing clean energy into the system will create a major transformation in energy consumption patterns.”

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian: “Last winter we experienced power outages and shutdowns, but this year there were none. We must ensure that this does not happen in the summer either. The public should not have to endure electricity shortages in the summer. Cutting gas and electricity to factories is unacceptable, as it causes heavy economic losses and has a cascading impact on employment and tax revenues. The solution to the energy crisis lies in efficient consumption. Energy consumption in Iran is three times higher than in Western countries. Bringing clean energy into the system will create a major transformation in energy consumption patterns.”

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28,840 views • 6 months ago

In 1995, 77.1% of global primary energy was provided by fossil fuels. As of 2024 (the latest data I could find), 76.4% still comes from fossil fuels. That's a whopping *sarc* 0.7 percentage point drop in 30 years. Governments have spent TRILLIONS of taxpayer dollars on “green” energy projects, and while growth in renewables has been enormous (particularly solar), it has barely made a dent in the global energy mix (note, these figures are based on the substitution method for fair cross-comparison, so it slightly lowers fossil fuels) because coal, oil, and natural gas consumption continue to increase year after year. If eco nuts like you actually wanted to “decarbonize” the economy, then a deregulation of and transition to nuclear fission would achieve that far faster.

In 1995, 77.1% of global primary energy was provided by fossil fuels. As of 2024 (the latest data I could find), 76.4% still comes from fossil fuels. That's a whopping sarc 0.7 percentage point drop in 30 years. Governments have spent TRILLIONS of taxpayer dollars on “green” energy projects, and while growth in renewables has been enormous (particularly solar), it has barely made a dent in the global energy mix (note, these figures are based on the substitution method for fair cross-comparison, so it slightly lowers fossil fuels) because coal, oil, and natural gas consumption continue to increase year after year. If eco nuts like you actually wanted to “decarbonize” the economy, then a deregulation of and transition to nuclear fission would achieve that far faster.

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100,025 views • 2 months ago

China just took AI infrastructure underwater. The country has reportedly launched a wind-powered underwater data center near Shanghai, designed to cool AI servers using seawater instead of traditional cooling systems 🌊🤖 Around 2,000 servers are said to be sealed inside submarine-grade modules, helping reduce land use, water consumption, and cooling energy. The project is powered by offshore wind and built for AI workloads, big data, and large-scale computing. Why it matters? AI is creating massive demand for electricity, cooling, and infrastructure. If underwater data centers prove reliable, they could become a new way to scale AI while using less energy. But the challenge is huge: corrosion, maintenance, sea conditions, and long-term reliability still need to be proven.

China just took AI infrastructure underwater. The country has reportedly launched a wind-powered underwater data center near Shanghai, designed to cool AI servers using seawater instead of traditional cooling systems 🌊🤖 Around 2,000 servers are said to be sealed inside submarine-grade modules, helping reduce land use, water consumption, and cooling energy. The project is powered by offshore wind and built for AI workloads, big data, and large-scale computing. Why it matters? AI is creating massive demand for electricity, cooling, and infrastructure. If underwater data centers prove reliable, they could become a new way to scale AI while using less energy. But the challenge is huge: corrosion, maintenance, sea conditions, and long-term reliability still need to be proven.

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173,813 views • 2 months ago

Commonwealth Fusion just closed an oversubscribed $863M B2 round with Google, NVIDIA, Morgan Stanley and electric utilities. From science to engineering to mass manufacturing, CFS is leading the charge to what many call the holy grail of clean energy — abundant, carbon-free, continuous 24/7 power in any geography. Energy drives the wealth of nations, and China has been adding new energy at a pace 20x that of the U.S. We need magnetic fusion to fully power the estimated 10x growth in electricity needs for AI data centers and EVs with emission-free energy. Future Ventures and Khosla Ventures did the Series A. Vinod Khosla: “CFS is one of the most impactful and ambitious projects I have seen in my whole career.” New investor Laurene Powell Jobs: “To meet the challenges of this century, we need energy that is abundant, clean, and accessible everywhere. That’s what fusion offers. For the first time in history, we have a real opportunity to commercialize the long-held promise of fusion power, and CFS has just taken a decisive step toward making that promise a reality." Commonwealth Fusion Systems or for more.

Commonwealth Fusion just closed an oversubscribed $863M B2 round with Google, NVIDIA, Morgan Stanley and electric utilities. From science to engineering to mass manufacturing, CFS is leading the charge to what many call the holy grail of clean energy — abundant, carbon-free, continuous 24/7 power in any geography. Energy drives the wealth of nations, and China has been adding new energy at a pace 20x that of the U.S. We need magnetic fusion to fully power the estimated 10x growth in electricity needs for AI data centers and EVs with emission-free energy. Future Ventures and Khosla Ventures did the Series A. Vinod Khosla: “CFS is one of the most impactful and ambitious projects I have seen in my whole career.” New investor Laurene Powell Jobs: “To meet the challenges of this century, we need energy that is abundant, clean, and accessible everywhere. That’s what fusion offers. For the first time in history, we have a real opportunity to commercialize the long-held promise of fusion power, and CFS has just taken a decisive step toward making that promise a reality." Commonwealth Fusion Systems or for more.

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