Innovation in advanced materials offers the disruptive potential to transform the way we build our future cities—and make them greener and smarter.
Nanomaterials
Dec 1, 2020
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Blending is a powerful strategy for improving the performance of electronics, coatings, separation membranes, and other functional materials. For example, high-efficiency solar cells and light-emitting diodes have been produced ...
Polymers
Nov 24, 2020
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Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have realized high-throughput production of thin, ordered through-hole membranes of titanium dioxide. Titania layers were grown using anodization on mask-etched titanium before ...
Nanomaterials
Nov 23, 2020
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The service life of tunnels today is designed to last at least for one hundred years—in the case of the Brenner basis tunnel it is even 200 years. The problem with this: "The service life is currently calculated on the ...
Materials Science
Nov 17, 2020
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With the summer heat becoming increasingly unbearable and prolonged due to climate change, the cooling load in the summertime has also been on the rise. Insulation is currently the primary solution for blocking heat from ...
Materials Science
Sep 28, 2020
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Physical features such as construction materials, interior finishes and air conditioning are better determinants of how well a condo sells than price or building age, according to a University of Alberta study looking to ...
Economics & Business
Sep 14, 2020
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Archaeologists in hard hats and face masks carefully remove earth from around enormous bones at the site of Mexico City's new airport, where construction work has uncovered a huge trove of mammoth skeletons.
Archaeology
Sep 9, 2020
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The disposal of plastics is a global problem. They are nearly indestructible in natural conditions but are discarded worldwide on a large scale. The world produces around 359 million metric tons of plastics each year. Nature ...
Environment
Aug 12, 2020
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A large portion of North America's 8.7 billion ash trees are now infested by a beetle called the emerald ash borer.
Ecology
Aug 4, 2020
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The use of covalent organic frameworks (COFs) as heterogeneous catalysts for photocatalytic CO2 reduction has attracted significant attention owing to their well-defined structure, high surface area and structural modularity.
Materials Science
Aug 3, 2020
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