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Description of house pr34
The casa pR34 is situated on the rooftop of a existing house. The project involved the gutting and rethinking of the existing late 60s house and the independent structure for the owners daughter. The client ...
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Secrets of spider silk unravelled
Scientists claim to have recently made progress towards understanding what’s behind the incredible strength of spider silk fibers. When you explore haunted houses or search for sacred artifacts in ancient temples, the cobwebs that you ...
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Self-healing elastic polymers developed
Self-healing elastic polymers developed inspired by caoutchouc tree. When the caoutchouc tree is damaged, liquid latex containing capsules of the protein hevein escapes from inside of it. Those capsules rupture, releasing the hevein, which links ...
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4th Amendment
TSA-Proof 4th Amendment Underclothes – “a way to protest those intrusive TSA scanners without saying a word.” When the TSA dramatically upped the level of intimacy for airport security scans this month, public outrage ensued, ...
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Glowing trees
Street lights are an important part of our urban infrastructure — they light our way home and make the roads safe at night. But what if we could create natural street lights that don’t need ...
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Sea shells for better building materials
Seashells have done an exemplary job of protecting their inhabitants for around a hundred million years, so perhaps it isn’t surprising that scientists and chemists have now replicated their unique structure in a manmade material. ...
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