A cross-disciplinary team at Rice University has developed a new type of electric heating element—one that looks less like a traditional metal coil and more like a high-performance thread. In a study ...

From left to right, Daniel J. Preston; Hung-Yu “Iris” Lin, a PhD student in Preston’s lab and part of the research team; Vanessa Sanchez; Monisha Vijay Kumar; Geoff Wehmeyer and Matteo Pasquali. A ...