Scientists Create Plastic That Blocks Heat Without Losing Strength

A new approach to controlling atomic vibrations in polymers may offer a path toward lightweight materials that better resist ...

Researchers break a fundamental rule to create a new concept: Heat that can be directed and 'programmed'

Normally, a material absorbs and emits heat in a linked way: A surface that absorbs heat well at a certain wavelength and ...
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Making heat behave like data

A reconfigurable device breaks the usual link between heat absorption and emission, enabling direction-controlled thermal ...

Diffractive networks enable optical information transfer through random and unknown diffusers

The transmission of optical information through random scattering media is a major challenge in optics, biomedical imaging, ...