Barrier coatings are now helping paper packaging deliver the performance needed for applications once dominated by plastic.

A new nanophotonic material has broken records for high-temperature stability, potentially ushering in more efficient electricity production and opening a variety of new possibilities in the control ...

A new easy-to-fabricate electrical-barrier material has been designed with high thermal stability and flexibility. The Voltoid D-225FR achieves superior flame retardance in a wide range of ...

A Sungkyunkwan University research team has developed a novel nanocomposite material with enhanced electrical and thermal ...

UCLA engineers have demonstrated successful integration of a novel semiconductor material into high-power computer chips to reduce heat on processors and improve their performance. The advance greatly ...

From ceramic composites to silicon carbide electronics, these 10 technologies help industrial machines survive extreme heat.

Every data center and factory on Earth discards heat it cannot use — warm exhaust streams sitting at around 40°C (104°F), too cool for any established cooling technology to do anything with. South ...

Northwestern University scientists have developed a thermoelectric material that is the best in the world at converting waste heat to electricity. This is very good news once you realize nearly ...

A newly developed material can control and "program" heat, allowing it to direct thermal radiation, switch modes, and remember its settings without continuous power. The innovation could lead to ...

Moving heat around where you want it to go—adding it to houses and hairdryers, removing it from car engines and refrigerators—is one of the great challenges of engineering. All activity generates heat ...