When your winter jacket slows heat escaping your body or the cardboard sleeve on your coffee keeps heat from reaching your hand, you're seeing ...

Copper metal is usually at the core of any electrical wire, and this carries the current for the entire device. Wire insulation is another crucial but understated component. Common wire is insulated ...

Scientists have seen for the first time how soft polymers, such as wire insulation, can break down under exposure to electrical current. A Duke University team has seen for the first time how soft ...

Cables today are manufactured with their wire insulation already applied to them through a process called extrusion. Electrical wires or cables can be insulated with material that doesn’t allow ...