Clothing that leverages radiative cooling, or the natural radiation of heat from objects to space, could keep people cooler than other fabrics, according to findings in Science. The three-layer material’s inner layer is wool, cotton or another common clothing fabric, with a silver-nanowire core and a top layer of polymethylpentene, a plastic that emits infrared radiation and neither reflects nor absorbs most wavelengths.
Full Story: New Scientist (6/13), Interesting Engineering (6/14)
