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Researchers Demonstrate Thermal Trapping of Solar Radiation at 1,922 Degrees Fahrenheit


In a new work, scientists at ETH Zurich showed how the thermal trap effect, triggerable by exposing common semi-transparent materials (e.g., quartz and water) to solar radiation.

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