Researchers developed a textile that uses motion energy and phase change materials to power electronics while adapting to ...

This field experiment utilizes an unexpected medium to visualize how heat transfers into frozen material. The unusual method ...

Drawing inspiration from the veinous ears of jackrabbits and elephants, Drexel University researchers have come up with a new ...

Technical Terms Phase Change Material (PCM): A substance capable of storing and releasing thermal energy during a phase transition, typically from solid to liquid and vice versa.

Inspired by the veiny ears of elephants, a new approach to cement-based materials helps support the passive cooling and ...

To achieve this, the researchers carefully tuned the cooling rate. A fast “thermal quench”—dropping the temperature at around ...

“We found, perhaps not surprisingly, that more vasculature surface area equates to better thermal performance. This observation is similar to physiology of elephant and jackrabbit ears, which contain ...

Learn how simultaneous DSC-TGA (SDT) techniques uncover critical thermal behaviors in LFP lithium-ion battery cathodes.

Drawing inspiration from the veinous ears of jackrabbits and elephants, Drexel University researchers have come up with a new approach to passive ...

Researchers have taken a giant leap toward transforming how future electronics will work—by controlling matter itself. For ...

A new silicon material switches from insulator to metal in picoseconds. This breakthrough could speed up future computers.

Allied Analytics Growing renewable adoption and focus on sustainability are boosting demand for thermal energy storage to balance supply-de ...