Although several antifogging surfaces have been created successfully, creating a surface with both antifogging and frost-resistant qualities remains a significant issue because condensed water eventually forms an ice layer under freezing temperatures. Engineers have created a more durable alterna.....
The world’s coral reefs are in trouble, and chemicals found in sunscreen are contributing to the situation. The problem appears to be formidable when seen numerically: Each year, 14,000 tons of sunscreen are thought to wash into the oceans; 82,000 chemicals from personal-care items may be c.....
Many medical conditions, such as aberrant gait and muscular abnormalities, necessitate reliable pressure sensing. Flexible pressure sensors that are simple, lightweight, and low-cost have gotten a lot of interest in this respect. These sensors are designed and built utilizing conductive polymer c.....
The popular interlocking construction pieces known as LEGOS® may be used to create an astounding assortment of architectural forms. To create an almost limitless variety of intricate shapes, all that is required is a child’s imagination. Researchers propose a technique for employing LEGO®.....
Strong magnetic fields are known to easily destroy superconductivity. A superconductor with atomic-scale thickness can keep its superconductivity even when a high magnetic field is applied to it, according to researchers from NIMS, Osaka University, and Hokkaido University. The team has also disc.....
In planes, gas turbine engines create thrust by taking in air, heating it to extremely high temperatures in a combustion chamber, and then exhausting it at high speeds. Small inorganic particles, like as volcanic ash, are taken in with the air as they function. These particles melt in the combust.....
When lightsabers collide on the big screen, in video games, and in our imaginations, they flare and catch. In actuality, the beams of light pass through each other, forming spiderweb patterns, much like in a laser light display. Only in fiction and in regions with large magnetic and electric fiel.....
If you’ve ever visited a city’s central hub in the middle of summer, you know how oppressive the heat can be, especially when compared to the surrounding area. Civil engineering is a branch of engineering that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and na.....
The source of and method for tuning the strength and ductility of a class of materials known as high-entropy alloys has been discovered by computational materials science researchers at the US Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory and its collaborators. The breakthrough could aid the devel.....
Engineered living materials can combine the strength of standard construction materials with the reactivity of living systems. Microorganisms have a role in the creation of living building materials, which are also known as biological building materials. Bacteria or other microbes operate as mini.....
People of color, the elderly, children with uncontrolled asthma, and the poor are the groups most affected by air pollution. Vulnerable people may suffer more health consequences because they already have higher rates of heart and lung disease. Various studies suggest that persons of color in the.....
Any structural damage to one of the country’s aging bridges may cost billions of dollars to restore. More damage-resistant constructions and, as a result, lower restoration costs are promised by new bridge designs. However, if these designs haven’t been tested in the actual world, it&.....