(Nanowerk Spotlight) The development of efficient cooling technology based on environmentally friendly and biobased materials is crucial to our day-to-day activities, such as food preservation, air ...

Frequent heatwaves and rising global temperatures underscore the urgent need for energy-efficient cooling solutions. Traditional cooling systems consume 10% of global electricity and exacerbate ...

Radiative heat transfer is one of the most critical energy transfer mechanisms in nature. However, traditional blackbody radiation, due to its inherent characteristics, such as its non-directional, ...

Ice plays a significant role in many aspects of life, ranging from food preservation to ice sports and ecosystems, thereby providing incentive to protect ice from melting under sunlight. Fundamentally ...

This review thoroughly encapsulates the contemporary advancements in radiative cooling systems, from materials to applications. Comprehensive discussion of the fundamental concepts of radiative ...

A Saudi research group has assessed how polymeric coatings, such as polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS), could be used for radiative cooling in photovoltaic panels and has ...

Energy-efficient ways of cooling buildings and vehicles will be required in a changing climate. Researchers have now shown that electrical tuning of passive radiative cooling can be used to control ...

An international team of researchers has found that a thin coating of MXene -- a type of two-dimensional nanomaterial -- could enhance a material's ability to trap or shed heat. The discovery, which ...