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New metamaterial enhances natural cooling without power input

13 Feb 2017 Sarah Tesh
Photograph of Ronggui Yang (right) and Xiaobo Yin (left) holding a roll of the glass-polymer metamaterial
Cool wrappings: roll-to-roll glass-polymer metamaterial cools 24/7. (Courtesy: Glenn J Asakawa/University of Colorado Boulder)
A new metamaterial film provides cooling without needing a power input. Made out of glass microspher

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