The number of industries and range of applications requiring high integrity, hard wearing thermal insulation barriers, chemical and abarasion resistant materials is diverse. With an increasing global ...

The heat is on and temperature records keep getting shattered. In June of this year, more than 60 percent of the world population faced extreme heat that was made at least three times more likely by ...

Kevlar and Twaron are famously tough materials, but there’s a bit of a trade-off to be made between strength, heat resistance and weight. Now, researchers have created a new nanofiber version of the ...

Japanese manufacturer The Polyplastics Group (Polyplastics) has announced a high-performance material that it says offers heat resistance and thermal insulation properties for EV lithium-ion batteries ...

For polar bears, the insulation provided by their fat, skin, and fur is a matter of survival in the frigid Arctic. For engineers, polar bear hair is a dream template for synthetic materials that might ...

WEINHEIM, Germany—Freudenberg Sealing Technologies has developed a "union of opposites" with its new thermal interface material for the electric vehicle industry. The heat-conductive and ...

GlasTherm is a thermal insulation material designed to hold heat in molds in molding processes. According to the manufacturer, this insulation sheet provides cost savings to molders by offering ...

Ceramics are versatile materials, as they’re not only known for their heat resistance, but also their strong qualities that make the materials perfect for pottery, armor, and various other consumer ...

Scientists have a new material they say is as strong as Kevlar and way more insulating. The resulting fiber structure could protect first responders and military personnel who are in danger from heat ...