Editorial

• Details emerge about battery thermal management on new Hyundai Kona EV

  In December, Electric Revs revealed details about the battery thermal management system used on the new 2019 Hyundai Kona Electric, which includes liquid cooling but no dedicated battery heating for cars being sold in the U.S. details>>

• Low-profile thermal solutions required for high-density boards in electronics systems

  A number of industries, including telecommunications, Internet of Things (IoT), broadcast, medical, and more, are using boards and systems with more power and components and less space for cooling solutions, such as heat sinks. details>>

• EXAIR cabinet cooling solutions ended summer shutdowns for Ohio metal manufacturer

  In a recent case study from EXAIR, which was republished on AdvancedManufacturing.com, the company described how its custom cabinet cooling solutions ended production shutdowns for Lasercraft, Inc., a laser-cut metal manufacturer based in Fairfield, Ohio. details>>

• College produces record number of payloads for the International Space Station

  The University of Alabama - Birmingham (UAB) recently announced that a resupply mission for the International Space Station (ISS), which was launched by SpaceX on Dec. 4, carried four Polar refrigerator/freezers and a new rapid freezer that were developed at the school and gives UAB 17 payloads in orbit. details>>

• Innovative magnets being used in new energy-recovery accelerator being built at Cornell

  Cutting edge magnets designed at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory (Upton, N.Y.) are being used in the Cornell-Brookhaven Energy-Recovery Linac Test Accelerator (CBETA) that is being constructed at Cornell University (Ithaca, N.Y.). details>>

• Article describes innovative cooling solution that enabled shrinking of buck regulator

  A recent article from Power Electronics described how Analog Devices used an innovative cooling and packaging solution to shrink the size of its LTM4700 Power uModule regulator, which is a step-down DC/DC power regulator with PMBus interface. details>>

• Researchers assess the viability of gallium oxide as an ultrawide bandgap semiconductor

  Researchers from the University of Florida, the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory and Korea University have detailed the properties, capabilities, current limitations, and potentials applications for gallium oxide (Ga2O3) as an ultrawide bandgap semiconductor (UWB), according to a report from the American Institute of Physics (AIP). details>>

• Nokia announces liquid-cooled base station that is heating a Finnish apartment

  Nokia, the global telecommunications innovator, has partnered with Efore, a producer of power products based in Finland, and Finnish telecom provider Elisa to install a liquid-cooled base station in an apartment in Helsinki that redistributes waste heat to warm the building. details>>

• Scientists working to create better high-temp superconductors from ceramic copper oxides

  Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are studying ceramic copper oxides, including yttrium barium copper oxide, with a cryogenic optical spectrometer to see how the materials react to high current in the hope of increasing their technological applications. details>>

• Article explains process for creating prototype refrigerator powered by solar heat

  Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) fellow Michael Reid recently published an article on the institution website explaining his process for developing a prototype refrigerator that runs on solar heat and will assist people who live off the electrical grid. details>>