An innovative approach for fully reusable spacecraft suggests making them "sweat" to survive the scorching heat during ...

materials research has developed sophisticated methods to design thermoelectric materials with extremely low thermal conductivity. " ... I was able to develop new hybrid materials at the National ...

Imagine you are playing the guitar—each pluck of a string creates a sound wave that vibrates and interacts with other waves.

Introduction Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs) form the backbone of modern electronic devices, providing both structural support and electrical connectivity for components. The choice of PCB substrate ...

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However, common polymers are thermal insulators with low thermal conductivity ... fillers at the polymer/filler interfaces, boosts thermal conductivity and reduces resistance, making the material more ...

Using a thermal sensor smaller than a grain of sand, engineers have measured the vibrations, or phonons, within individual molecules.

An international team has succeeded in producing new, efficient thermoelectric materials that could compete with state-of-the-art materials, offering greater stability and lower cost ...

Researchers from the University of Tokyo propose cooling chips using microchannels built into the chips themselves. The ...