Ahh, summer, a time of vacations at the beach or mountains—and sky-high electricity bills as your air conditioner labors ...

An interdisciplinary research team including mechanical science and engineering professor Mickey Clemon from the Grainger ...

A research team from Penn State has broken a 165-year-old law of thermal radiation with unprecedented strength, setting the ...

A new material developed at Penn State defies a fundamental law of physics, opening doors to highly efficient solar cells.

According to physics, any blanket can cool you—for a few minutes. But a real cooling blanket is possible with phase-change materials.

Thermal radiation is the transfer of heat energy from a region of high temperature to a region of low temperature by infrared radiation. All objects emit radiation.

There are roof shapes and ratios that maximize heat retainment and energy efficiency and, interestingly, ancient Italian architects and builders seemed to know it, too. While serving as a visiting ...

The Tennessee Valley Authority is asking residents across its seven state area to conserve power as a heat wave grips the ...

How's this for a set of promises? Flint Engineering claims its new, flat, thermal-transfer "IsoMat" can power entire homes, cut refrigerator energy consumption by 30%, and radically speed up EV ...