New Color-Changing Coating Could Both Heat and Cool Buildings
A thin film can switch from releasing heat to trapping it, and wrapping the coating around buildings could make them more energy-efficient Credit: EmmaOlivsSmith/Alamy Stock Photo Keeping indoor spaces comfortable takes a lot of power. About half the energy Americans use in their homes goes toward heating and cooling, accounting for a sizable chunk of
Chemistry Urgently Needs to Develop Safer Materials
Ron Fodo, Ohio EPA Emergency Response, looks for signs of fish and also agitates the water in Leslie Run creek to check for chemicals that have settled at the bottom following a train derailment that is causing environmental concerns on February 20, 2023 in East Palestine, Ohio. On February 3rd, a Norfolk Southern Railways train
Why a Blizzard Is Hitting Southern California
Youth revel in the rare snowfall in Yucaipa with a view of the San Bernardino County mountains, as the National Weather Service issues its first-ever blizzard warning for the mountains, following a similar warning for LA and Ventura counties, Feb. 23, 2023. Credit: Allen J. Schaben/Getty ImagesIt’s not every day that snow closes roads near
Evolution Turns These Knobs to Make a Hummingbird Hyperquick and a Cavefish Sluggishly Slow
We’re all familiar with muscle conditioning or deconditioning that happens in response to exercise or lack of it. But when an active lifestyle—or, by contrast, that of a couch potato—is sustained over evolutionary timescales stretching for thousands or millions of years, that leads to dramatic changes in muscle mass, metabolism and even an animal’s biochemistry.
Sorry, UFO Hunters–You Might Just Be Looking at a Spy Balloon
White House Press Secretary:Â There is no, again, no, indication of aliens or extraterrestrial activity. News Host:Â Pentagon officials were grilled on Capitol Hill about why they waited so long to shoot it down. Reporter: Ben, the Pentagon is declining to describe these recent objects as balloons.Bushwick:Â As you might have heard, there have been some foreign objects
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