How to Pre-Size a Gutter
The Room Behind the Wall / livni +. Image © Marcos Guiponi Share Share Facebook Twitter Mail Pinterest Whatsapp Or https://www.archdaily.com/1013493/how-to-pre-size-a-gutter As commonly understood, gutters are elements installed along the edges of roofs and balconies to channel rainwater. Their primary function is to collect water flowing over the roof’s surface and direct it to the […]
The Apple Vision Pro Is Heavy. Here’s How to Fix That
In the two weeks it has spent on the faces of eager buyers, the Apple Vision Pro has been subjected to its share of criticism. As reported by The Verge and elsewhere, some customers are making a show of returning their Vision Pro headsets before Apple’s standard 14-day return window on new purchases closes. Some […]
How to make bright quantum dots even brighter
To make a quantum dot consisting of a perovskite nanocrystal (left) more efficient, researchers have created special molecules (right) that form a protective layer around the quantum dot. Credit: Kovalenko Lab Quantum dots are a kind of artificial atom: just a few nanometers in size and made of semiconductor materials, they can emit light of […]
How to Bring Comfort and Warmth to the Design of Public Spaces?
How to Bring Comfort and Warmth to the Design of Public Spaces? Winthrop Library / Johnston Architects. Image © Benjamin Drummond Share Share Facebook Twitter Mail Pinterest Whatsapp Or https://www.archdaily.com/1012247/how-to-bring-comfort-and-warmth-to-the-design-of-public-spaces Public spaces, whether indoors or outdoors, public or private, are characterized as places for encounters, opportunities, and exchanges of ideas or goods, and ultimately, they […]
Marine snails study helps clarify debate on how to view major evolutionary transitions
Littorina snails are common on the rocky shores of Europe, the U.K., and the East Coast of the U.S. Credit: Daria Shipilina Significant evolutionary changes happen gradually as opposed to in dramatic “monster” steps, biologists have discovered, answering the long-debated question as to how game-changing innovations like flight, vision, and the bearing of live offspring […]
Scientists discover how to degrade and reform thermoset polymers without loss of function
Polymers with breakable bonds inserted into the polymer chains (B) were more easily degraded and re-formed than those with breakable bonds in the cross-lnks (A). Credit: Maciek Kopec A team of UK scientists has got a step closer to making several different types of plastic much easier to recycle using a method that could be […]