For two centuries, engineers have trusted a simple rule to predict how heat flows through solids, from jet-engine blades to ...

For 200 years, Fourier’s law has been the go-to explanation for how heat diffuses through solid materials (at least on macro scales). However, a new study by scientists at the University of ...

Fourier's well-known heat equation, introduced in 1822, describes how temperature changes in space and time when heat flows through a material. In general, this formulation works well to describe heat ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...

Fourier's law of heat conduction doesn't always hold — although precisely when it does, or doesn't, no one can yet say. As every physicist knows, Fourier's law of heat conduction states that the flow ...

Where I live, temperatures have been jumping back & forth across the zero mark all week. As a result, we've been spending almost all of our time indoors, trying to stay warm and busy. But cabin fever ...

Imagine pouring a cup of hot coffee into a mug. You would think that the heat conducted into the cup would eventually be transferred to your hands as well. Such a common daily experience dates back ...