The air-trapping properties of feathers – a by-product of poultry farming that often goes straight to landfill – are being put to use by students The ability of chickens to stay warm in winter has ...

I have to be honest. I never thought I’d find a topic that would connect Imperial College London, thermal insulation and abattoirs, but that’s what happened last week. I’d read about PhD student Elena ...

In work that has major implications for improving the performance of building insulation, scientists at the University of Namur in Belgium and the University of Hassan I in Morocco have calculated ...