When cooled to its superconducting state, niobium blocks the radiative flow of heat 20 times better than when in its metallic ...
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Waste heat to be turned into electricity with new thermoelectric material
Researchers from Japan have made a new system that can convert waste heat into ...
People who design spacecraft must prioritize two factors: reducing weight and managing extreme temperatures. A new experiment designed by Purdue University engineers addresses both problems. The Flow ...
A major challenge in thermal-management and thermal-insulation technologies, across multiple industries, is the lack of ...
image: Figure 1. Left: Photo of the TDYNO target deployed at the National Ignition Facility through the Discovery Science program. The experimental target consists of two foils and a pair of grids, ...
A lot of power means a lot of heat. NASA’s future missions to explore the Moon and Mars will require enormous amounts of electrical power and hardware to support astronauts and drive new technologies.
In a recent experiment, to be published in Nature on Nov. 9, Dr. Matthias Meschke and professor Jukka Pekola, together with Dr. Wiebke Guichard, a coworker from French CNRS, investigated heat exchange ...
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, ...
After a decade of work, Issam Mudawar will soon see the results of the largest phase change experiment ever conducted in space. WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — People who design spacecraft must prioritize two ...
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