PROF. W. M. THORNTON, of Armstrong College, Newcastle-on-Tyne, took as the subject of his inaugural address, given to the Institution of Electrical Engineers on October 25, the electrical properties ...

THE insulating materials from which the designer has to choose cover a very wide range of natural and artificial substances. They vary from rocky deposits, like slate and marble, to highly complicated ...

AMES, Iowa – Tiny defects in electrical insulating materials may lead to breakdowns, robbing the power grid and even cell phones of reliability and efficiency. Xiaoli Tan, an Iowa State University ...

Safran Explore, the open innovation programme of Safran Group, returns in 2026 with an edition dedicated to Smart Materials.

Researchers have discovered that MXenes, a type of material known for its excellent electrical conductivity, actually have very low thermal conductivity. This finding challenges the usual link between ...

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 ...

With all of the new products and electrical insulation kits currently on the market, the use of conventional electrical tapes has gone down. As a result, electricians today may not possess the taping ...

Partial discharge (PD) is defined as a localized, high-frequency arcing that only partially bridges the insulation between multiple conductors or between conductors and the ground wall of an ...

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 ...