Researchers from Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Tennessee Knoxville want to improve on the current state of heatsinks that are used to dissipate temperature in electronics. Depending on 3D printing for this, they began comparing the use of such heatsinks fabricated with aluminum with traditional heatsinks, also made of the same materials. They learned that although at the beginning the traditional heatsink was superior, once they were both heat-treated, the 3D printed heatsink greatly outperformed the other. Also relying on genetic algorithms, they made numerous iterations and performed many tests, learning that they were able to manipulate shapes, water flow, and temperature. All in all, the project was quite successful as the researchers learned that they can use 3D printing to improve on the conventional heatsink. Read more at 3DPrint.com: https://3dprint.com/142642/researche...s-3d-printing/