Engineers in the United Kingdom are racing to build metal shields that can survive conditions similar to the center of the ...

Titanium is fantastically expensive, and difficult to fabricate, relative to other materials—meaning it was only ever practical to use on the world’s fastest plane.

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Historical building methods Early Swiss mountain huts used locally available materials by necessity. Stone from nearby quarries provided walls with thermal mass to moderate temperature swings. Timber ...

When your winter jacket slows heat escaping your body or the cardboard sleeve on your coffee keeps heat from reaching your ...