Curtains really tie a room together, and through the winter months they’re essential for keeping as much warmth indoors as possible. Getting a luxurious-looking set that’s thick enough to insulate ...

You've settled on curtains for your window coverings, and now you face another choice before you can hang them up: thick curtain rods or thin ones? Just like pizza crusts, curtain rods come in varying ...

In everyday life, materials that conduct electricity well, like metals, also tend to conduct heat. For instance, a metal spoon left in a hot cup of tea will get hot, while the ceramic mug remains cool ...

Graphene isn't the only material capable of existing as a free-standing one-atom-thick film. The widely studied carbon material now shares that distinction with boron nitride, according to researchers ...