They showed that the ability to switch between the two conformations remained efficient even after 1,800 cycles. Then, the team created models of how their material could cut energy costs in typical ...

Engineers have developed smart material technology that, with the flip of a switch, can alternate between harvesting ... or roofs to help heat and cool buildings while consuming very little ...

Infrared rays between 8 and 13 micrometres ... lab equipment and cookware — and backing this with reflective silver was sufficient to create a super-cool material 5. More importantly, the ...

The aptly named American Copper Buildings ... steel backing. The facade system is a unitized aluminum frame mounted to the buildings’ slab edges. When asked about the material choice, Ayumi ...

CobBauge – an amalgamation of the English and French words for the material – is a collaboration between researchers ... ability to help trap heat inside buildings. The technique involves ...

And the difference between better and different is something we so care about, and aim to go toward the latter. In our preconception of building material we think of the brick as the ultimate ...