Cool! So, if we get some coasters made of these, (a hot side and a cold side), and we set a mug of our favorite beverage on it, where do the Bénard cells form?
Spacecraft could get a lot easier to design as a result of this. And I can at last get rid of that stupid fan in the laptop. Don't get any on ya, though.... Roger Critchlow wrote: > Science is reporting construction of a little nanotube sandwich that > preferentially conducts heat in one direction. > > http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/314/5802/1121 > > Maxwell's demon anyone? > > -- rec -- > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > > > > ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
