Most solids expand when heated, a familiar phenomenon with many practical implications. Among the rare exceptions to this rule, the compound zirconium tungstate stands out by virtue of the enormous ...

Thermomechanical analysis (TMA) is a thermal analysis technique that measures dimensional changes at a micrometer scale, such as deformation, in a material’s properties against time or temperature ...

A thermal expansion coefficient is a well-established key principle that all solid materials have different properties when exposed to variations in temperature. When they are exposed to high ...

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When things heat up, most solids expand as higher temperatures cause atoms to vibrate more dramatically, necessitating more space. But some solid crystals, like scandium fluoride, shrink when heated — ...

“The rise we saw in 2024 was higher than we expected,” says Josh Willis, a scientist for sea level at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. This is the tone of the feeling of urgency in the new ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — A solid can serve as a medium for heat and sound wave interactions just like a fluid does for thermoacoustic engines and refrigerators – resulting in leak-free machines that can ...