Diamond Dethroned? “Wonderful” New Material Smashes Heat Conduction Records

Scitech Daily ^ | November 04, 2025 | University of Houston

[pierrem15]

by Ange Benise Niyikiza, Zeyu Xiang, Fanghao Zhang, Fengjiao Pan, Chunhua Li, Matthew Delmont, David Broido, Ying Peng, Bolin Liao and Zhifeng Ren

So China probably already has the tech already.

[daniel1212]

Despite the breakthrough, the work is far from over. Texas Center for Superconductivity researchers will continue refining their materials,

And since this is advertised, China will spend far more time, energy and money to once again at least gain parity in the latest tech.

[ryderann]

Serious, but slightly weird, question here: If a nuclear explosion turns sand into glass, what would it do to boron arsenide? I asked Duckduckgo and its reply was “Sorry, no relevant information was found in our search.” And what would a bunch of BAs do to the temperature of a nuclear explosion?

[Red Badger]

Probably not much...................

[ryderann]

Thank you.

[marktwain]

Or try this “ice breaker” at the next ladies night:

“Thermal conductivity levels above 2,100 watts per meter per Kelvin around here often?”

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It might be interesting to women that hi-performing men would find interesting...

[farm_kid]

“I love melting nazis.”

Marshmallows are fun too.

[omni-scientist]

Most electronics is ruled over by the ROHS regulations which ban certain toxic materials. At first I thought that the arsenic would be a problem. It turns out that ROHS does not restrict arsenic. Go figure.

[Rockingham]

That might work — if “The Big Bang Theory” was real life.

[KYGrandma]

Do fake diamonds count?

[rfp1234]

Still better than Arsenic Sulfide (AsS).

[Scrambler Bob]

it could change how we handle heat in electronics.
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Are we presently using diamonds? Probably not, but asking.

[Noumenon]

They’ll produce tofu-dreg versions.

[NonValueAdded]

Or the geometric proof, angle-side-side