Thermal Conductivity Redefined

https://phys.org/news/2019-06-thermoelectric-materials.html

Electrons are the most thoroughly studied of all the particles, while electromagnetism has proven to be proportional to temperature, with this study confirming that balanced electromagnetic forces conduct heat better. Along with room temperature superconductors recently patented, and the first thermal diode being created, this means they may soon master how electromagnetic waves transform into matter, for example, when an electron absorbs a photon, and energy is transformed into mass. This is where the rubber meets the road, so to speak, when they can actually document how random quantum fluctuations turn into heat, which can be expressed as both kinetic energy and radiant energy. Thus, they could finally establish that mass and energy are indivisible yin and yang.

Essentially, mass and energy can be considered two ends of the same spectrum, with massive bodies expressing more self-organization that we can recognize, because photons experience isomorphic space-time and don't express any independent identity of their own, other than conveying energy and information with perfect fidelity. In other words, massive bodies can be thought of as slowing down light enough for it to express recognizably self-organizing behavior that reflects the fact the Big Bang was not too hot, nor too cold, but just right. Light itself reflects the wave-like aspects of life more, just as gravity and the forces of nature do, and current theories suggest light carries the forces of nature.