thermal
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They focused on a central question: "What kind of material structure could cover almost all the thermal properties needed for a perfect cloak?"
From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026
Compared with previous designs, the material can achieve a much broader range of thermal conductivities, closely approaching the properties predicted to be necessary for ideal thermal cloaking.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026
Instead of simply redirecting incoming heat, a future cloak would need to concentrate, distribute, or guide thermal energy as conditions change.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026
Natalie, 29, says she's replaced some of the clothes she wears round the house with supermarket thermal leggings and tops and says "it's made such a difference".
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
But Dad’s main interest was energy: thermal energy, nuclear energy, solar energy, electrical energy, and energy from the wind.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
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The SolarStratos plane made the landmark flight from Sion airport in southwest Switzerland on August 12 last year, taking advantage of warm air thermals to beat a 15-year-old record.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
"I just hope that the Kates and Cathys have got their thermals and their rain ponchos because they might need them."
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
In the first, a quadrotor drone was able to observe four hovering white balls while avoiding four orange balls, all while navigating an airfield rife with randomly occurring, dangerous air currents, or thermals.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 4, 2024
As spectators chant and funnel into the tree-lined stadium, the day starts to warm, which is when spotted lanternflies can be found rising into the air on thermals.
From National Geographic ● Aug. 31, 2023
The wind of the afternoon was gone and only a little breeze like a sigh was stirred by the restless thermals of the warm, dry hills.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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