Data center servers, powerful smartphones, and your computer's motherboard have one thing in common. When these devices get ...

A UCLA-led, multi-institution research team has discovered a metallic material with the highest thermal conductivity measured among metals, challenging long-standing assumptions about the limits of ...

Theta-phase tantalum nitride conducts heat nearly three times better than copper, opening new pathways for cooling ...

Researchers have discovered a metallic material with the highest thermal conductivity measured among metals.

A multi-institution research team has discovered a metallic material that conducts heat nearly three times more efficiently ...

A UCLA-led, multi-institution research team has discovered a metallic material with the highest thermal conductivity measured among metals, challenging long-standing assumptions about the limits of ...

The research identifies metallic theta-phase tantalum nitride (TaN₍θ₎) as the fastest heat-conducting metal ever measured. Led by Yongjie Hu of UCLA's Samueli School of Engineering, the ...

A newly developed, highly conductive copper wire could find applications in the electric grid, as well as in homes and businesses. The finding defies what's been thought about how metals conduct ...

Electrochemically grown metal networks inside gels overcome the long-standing trade-off between strength and conductivity.

RICHLAND, Wash.—A common carbon compound is enabling remarkable performance enhancements when mixed in just the right proportion with copper to make electrical wires. It’s a phenomenon that defies ...