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

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

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

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

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 ...

Researchers at TU Wien and FU Berlin have, for the first time, measured what happens when quantum information is lost, ...

Now, you might reasonably think a “heat pump” pumps heat around, like a water pump moves water. But heat isn't really a thing; it's an energy transfer from one object to another due to a ...

Heat transfer under pressure: A boron arsenide crystal placed between two diamonds in a controlled chamber with thermal energy transported under extreme pressure. (Courtesy: Y Hu) The thermal ...