In some cases, heat conduction can even be dramatically limited by the fact that different isotopes of an element are built into the material -- i.e. similar atoms with different numbers of neutrons.

People not in the refrigeration business often think that refrigeration equipment produces cold air; in fact, the equipment is actually removing heat from air and leaving what’s left — the cold. When ...

Prof. Gal Shmuel of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology has developed an innovative theory that enables precise control of heat conduction in ways ...