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New thermal material provides 72% better cooling than conventional paste | It reduces the need for power-hungry cooling pumps and fans

Thanks to a mechanochemically engineered combination of the liquid metal alloy Galinstan and ceramic aluminum nitride, this thermal interface material, or TIM, outperformed the best commercial liquid...

Through mechanochemistry, the liquid metal and ceramic ingredients are mixed in an extremely controlled way, creating gradient interfaces that heat can flow across much more easily. The UT team has so far only tested it successfully at small scales but is now working on producing larger batches to put through real-world trials with data center partners. Of course, that means even if it lives up to the hype, you'll probably see this liquid metal thermal grease keeping huge server farms frosty before it ever hits the shelves for you to slather on your home PC's Intel or AMD processor.

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