Scientists have upended long-held assumptions about thermal conductivity, revealing that boron arsenide crystals can conduct heat even better than diamond. Researchers at the University of Houston ...

Technical ceramics are used in many applications where traditional materials such as steel or plastic are ineffective or unsuitable. For many of these applications, extreme hardness, wear resistance, ...

Metal feels colder than wood because it rapidly transfers heat away from your body due to its dense atomic structure and free ...

Inelastic insights: phasons were studied using the HYSPEC spectrometer on Oak Ridge’s Spallation Neutron Source. (Courtesy: ORNL) New insights into the exotic thermal behaviour of phasons – ...

Hot topic Fluorescent nanodiamonds coated with a heat-releasing polymer act as both a heat source and a sensor for intracellular measurements of thermal conductivity. (Courtesy: iStock/Mervana) A ...

Using four-photon scattering, Purdue University researchers found that graphene's thermal qualities might not be as groundbreaking as first believed. Image Credit: Kateryna Kon/Shutterstock.com ...

Polymers are usually the go-to material for thermal insulation. Think of a silicone oven mitt, or a Styrofoam coffee cup, both manufactured from polymer materials that are excellent at trapping heat.

An engineer has invented a method for analyzing nanowires at temperatures approaching 800 degrees Fahrenheit in first-ever experiments, showing the valuable role the materials could play in converting ...

Phase change materials display a surprisingly low thermal conductivity even in the crystalline state. Optical data carriers such as DVDs, Blu-rays and CD-RWs store data in layers of so-called "phase ...

Over the weekend we picked up a Ein-O Science Kit at a local game store. On Sunday we did one of the experiments in the box. The Ein-O kits are pretty neat; they have instructions on how to do the ...