Buildings: The unbreakable bond
Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory developed self-healing elastomers that demonstrated unprecedented adhesion strength and the ability to adhere to many surfaces, which could broaden their potential use in industrial applications......»»
The ten best modernist buildings in North America are "sculptures that you can live in"
Nonprofit organisation USModernist documents, promotes and preserves North America's modernist architecture. Here, director George Smart names his ten favourites including an airport terminal by Eero Saarinen and a beach house by John Lautner. Read m.....»»
Bond-selective reactions observed during molecular collisions
A team of researchers from Germany and the U.K. has found that bond-selective reactions can be observed during certain molecular collisions. In their paper published in the journal Physical Review Letters, the group describes experiments they conduct.....»»
Friends matter: Giraffes that group with others live longer
A research team led by Monica Bond, research associate at the Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies of the University of Zurich (UZH), studied giraffes in Tanzania for five years. The biologists examined the relative effects of.....»»
Mighty Buildings nabs $40M Series B to 3D print your next house
Once upon a time, the idea of 3D-printed homes felt like a thing of the future. But as housing gets less and less affordable — especially in ultra-expensive markets such as the Bay Area — companies are getting creative in their quest to b.....»»
Tesla"s German plant faces "massive" delay, report says
The site near Berlin still lacks critical buildings and planning permission five months before the planned opening of the factory, Automobilwoche reported......»»
The Empire State Building and Its Related Buildings Are Now Powered By Wind
The iconic Empire State Building that has crowned Midtown Manhattan since the early 1930s is now a game changer in American architecture in a different way: by becoming completely powered with renewable energy. The Hill reports: Announced on Wednesda.....»»
High Strength, NASA Low Outgassing Approved Epoxy
Because Supreme 10HT has demonstrated superior strength properties, it was selected for use in several research studies Master Bond Case study for high strength epoxy High Strength, Toughened Epoxy System T.....»»
Ten need-to-know modernist buildings in North and South America
From Frank Sinatra's house in Palm Springs to a cliffside home in Acapulco, here are 10 beautiful pieces of modernist architecture that non-profit USModernist is fighting to preserve. Read more From Frank Sinatra's house in Palm Springs to a.....»»
Bell Phillips designs brick extension to complement Victorian Gothic school buildings
Bell Phillips has completed a red-brick extension to a grammar school in Kent, England, featuring gabled facades and architectural details that reference its historic surroundings. Read more Bell Phillips has completed a red-brick extension.....»»
This week designers and architects created whale-shaped furniture and buildings
This week on Dezeen, architecture and design looked to the ocean as whales informed the shape of both a wooden chair and a cultural building in China. Read more This week on Dezeen, architecture and design looked to the ocean as whales infor.....»»
What the new James Bond game should (and shouldn’t) take from Hitman 3
IO Interactive's Hitman trilogy has laid a great foundation for its Project 077, but the formula will need to be shaken, not stirred, in order to perfect it......»»
New report charts path toward superior earthquake recovery
For the last century, seismic building codes and practices have primarily focused on saving lives by reducing the likelihood of significant damage or structural collapse. Recovery of critical functions provided by buildings and infrastructure have re.....»»
Google is converting some of its locations into vaccination clinics
CEO Sundar Pichai writes that Google has partnered with health care provider One Medical and public health authorities to make everything from its buildings to parking lots to open spaces available for the vaccine efforts......»»
Unpacking Chamath Palihapitiya’s SPAC deals for Latch and Sunlight Financial
Latch is an enterprise SaaS company that makes keyless entry systems for buildings; Sunlight Financial offers point of sale financing for residential solar systems. This morning, investor and SPAC raconteur Chamath Palihapitiya announced tw.....»»
They can capture more carbon than they emit. So why aren"t wooden buildings mainstream?
Four storeys high and made almost entirely of wood, the ZEB Lab building in Trondheim, Norway, had, even before it existed, sucked as much carbon from the atmosphere as it would probably produce in construction. Now, thanks to its arboreal origins, a.....»»
James Bond Film No Time To Die Delayed Again Over Covid
You know it's bad when James Bond still can't get out of the house. "No Time to Die," the 25th film in the Bond franchise, was delayed for a third time late Thursday, the surest sign yet that Hollywood does not believe the masses will be ready to ret.....»»
Teamwork in a molecule
Chemists at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena have demonstrated the value of 'teamwork' by successfully harnessing the interaction between two gallium atoms in a novel compound to split the particularly strong bond between fluorine and carbon. T.....»»
Buildings: The unbreakable bond
Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory developed self-healing elastomers that demonstrated unprecedented adhesion strength and the ability to adhere to many surfaces, which could broaden their potential use in industrial applications......»»
At least 34 dead as Indonesia quake topples homes, buildings
A strong, shallow earthquake shook Indonesia's Sulawesi island just after midnight Friday, toppling homes and buildings, triggering landslides and killing at least 34 people......»»
Future options for storing carbon dioxide: Synthesis of inorganic heteroalkenes
Group 13/15 heteroalkenes RMER' with M-E double bonds (M = B-Tl; E = N-Bi) offer promising potential for bond activation reactions, but they are difficult to prepare. A team led by CENIDE professor Stephan Schulz now describes new synthetic methods f.....»»