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After decades of physics-based theorizing, researchers have succeeded in creating a novel optical metamaterial using conventional materials. Its enhanced electromagnetic effect may make true one-way glass a reality and solar panels more efficient.Continue ReadingCategory: Materials, ScienceTags: Metamaterial, Glass, Physics, Aalto University
A team of scientists from the University of Oxford has concluded that our popular ideas about the colors of the planets Uranus and Neptune are all wrong. Far from being two distinct shades, they are, in fact, nearly the same shade of greenish blue.Continue ReadingCategory: Space, ScienceTags: NASA, Voyager, University of Oxford
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has revealed its choice for the best new home in the UK. The 2023 House of the Year prize has been awarded to Hayhurst and Co for its Green House, a lush and light-filled family residence in London.Continue ReadingCategory: Architecture, LifestyleTags: Building and Construction, House, Home, RIBA, Awards
In what sounds a little like the opening scenes from a sci-fi horror film, a team of scientists has taken seven-day-old monkey embryo stem cells and injected them into an unrelated four-to-five-day embryo from the same species, which was then injected into a female monkey. The female monkey later delivered a fully formed male, making it the world’s first live birth of a chimeric non-human primate
Traditional concrete manufacturing processes result in a ton of CO2 for every ton of cement produced – and since we're talking about somewhere around 4.1 billion tons globally just in 2022 – more than half of that in China alone – cement is a massive contributor to climate change, being responsible for about 8% of global carbon emissions.Continue ReadingCategory: Materials, ScienceTags: Concrete,
just before it was produced, hyundai’s 1974 pony coupe concept, designed by giorgetto giugiaro came to halt. years later, it’s finally making its debut. The post hyundai faithfully recreates pony coupe based on original 1974 design that never came true appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.
Ice and water might not seem very exciting to most of us, but they’re actually super strange from a scientific standpoint. Researchers have now discovered a brand new type of ice that’s described as being a true “snapshot” of water, and may be found on alien worlds.Continue ReadingCategory: ScienceTags: Ice, Water, Matter, Physics, University College London, Cambridge University, Europa
Dezeen Showroom: a soft cushioned sofa available in two design options to suit either the home or contract settings is among 13 new products featured on Dezeen Showroom. Read more
Astronomers have taken the sharpest images ever of the most massive star in the known universe. With these new images, the scientists were able to refine just how big this star is, and in the process revise our ideas of how big it’s possible for stars to ever get.Continue ReadingCategory: Space, ScienceTags: Astronomy, Stars, Telescope, Chile, Sun
Sales of music on vinyl have been steadily rising for the past few years, which has also meant the return of turntables to the living room hi-fi setup. Austria's Pro-Ject launched a disc spinner back in April aimed at folks looking for true balance, and has now added another to the family.Continue ReadingCategory: Home Entertainment, TechnologyTags: Turntables, Audiophile, Hi-fi, Vinyl


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