Soaring birds have a mysterious ability to find thermals or updrafts, a vertical upward movement of air often caused by convection. Without convection, the mean surface air temperature on our planet ...

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ABSTRACT Soil heat transfer is complex, and conduction-alone models may not always perform well in estimating soil apparent thermal diffusivity. Soil apparent thermal diffusivity is related to soil ...

It’s not news that cooling and thermal management are never-ending issues for systems and their power supplies. Ironically, though, the emergence of smaller components with more processing capability ...