Fur and feathers keep animals warm by scattering light

In work that has major implications for improving the performance of building insulation, scientists at the University of Namur in Belgium and the University of Hassan I in Morocco have calculated that hairs that reflect ...

Soundproofing with quantum physics

Sebastian Huber and his colleagues show that the road from abstract theory to practical applications needn't always be very long. Their mechanical implementation of a quantum mechanical phenomenon could soon be used for soundproofing ...

Fluorographene: The world's thinnest insulator

(PhysOrg.com) -- The remarkable properties of graphene and Teflon have been combined in a new material by the winners of this year’s Nobel Prize for Physics.

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