https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/09/210930125013.htm > All activity generates heat, because energy escapes from everything we do. But too much can wear out batteries and electronic components -- like parts in an aging laptop that runs too hot to actually sit on your lap. If you can't get rid of heat, you've got a problem. > Scientists at the University of Chicago have invented a new way to funnel heat around at the microscopic level: a thermal insulator made using an innovative technique. They stack ultra-thin layers of crystalline sheets on top of each other, but rotate each layer slightly, creating a material with atoms that are aligned in one direction but not in the other.