Hexatic phase melting observed in real-time in ultra-thin materials
Researchers from the University of Vienna have observed what happens when ultra-thin materials melt in unprecedented detail. Their…
Adaptive Reuse: How Many Lives Can a Building Have?
One Vanderbilt / KPF. View from the East River. Topping out, September 2019. Image © Raimund Koch Share…
New Benchtop Plasma System Brings Industrial-Grade Treatment To The Lab
New plasma treatment system offers industrial-level processing on a much smaller scale, for use in research and development.…
Boeing Starliner Missions Cut After Botched Astronaut Flight
NASA cut the planned missions of Boeing Co.’s Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station from six to…
Closing the Water Loop with Greywater Recycling in the Bathroom
At voco Brussels City North, hansgrohe and Hydraloop unite for smarter water use. Image Courtesy of Hansgrohe Share…
yong ju lee grows pavilion from mycelium using 3D printing in seoul
yong ju lee pioneers bio-grown architecture through mycelium Designed by Yong Ju Lee Architecture, Mycelial Hut is…
From Concrete to Cultivation: How AI and Robotics Are Rewriting Architecture’s Material Logic
Growing Matter(s) Pavilion / Henning Larsen Architects. © DLS Studio Share Share Facebook Twitter Mail Pinterest Whatsapp Or…
Mathematical proof debunks the idea that the universe is a computer simulation
Credit: AI-generated image It’s a plot device beloved by science fiction: our entire universe might be a simulation…
Unusual sharks face highest extinction risk
Credit: Berthold Grünhagen from Pexels If current extinction trends continue, global shark populations will lose much of their…
Halloween fireballs could signal increased risk of cosmic impact or airburst in 2032 and 2036, research suggests
Fragment of clear Libyan Desert glass refracts intense sunlight in the Great Sand Sea of Egypt, during a…
Scientists create new type of semiconductor that holds superconducting promise
Josephson junction structures—quantum devices made of two superconductors and a thin non-superconducting barrier—using different forms of germanium (Ge):…
How missing nutrients rewire fly brains to seek out beneficial microbes
Cheese and chocolate may hold little culinary appeal for a fruit fly, yet for one deprived of nutrients,…