Heat energy leaps through empty space, thanks to quantum weirdness

Thursday, December 12, 2019 - 10:40 in Physics & Chemistry

If you use a vacuum-insulated thermos to help keep your coffee hot, you may know it’s a good insulator because heat energy has a hard time moving through empty space. Vibrations of atoms or molecules, which carry thermal energy, simply can’t travel if there are no atoms or molecules around. But a new study by … Continue reading Heat energy leaps through empty space, thanks to quantum weirdness

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