#materials-science

[stevensaus]

Scientists crack the case of “screeching“ Scotch tape

Micro-cracks travel along the peeling tape at supersonic speeds, producing shock waves and sound pulses.

Scientists crack the case of “screeching“ Scotch tape

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Making Roman concrete produces as much CO2 as modern concrete

Roman concrete produces as much, if not more, CO2 as modern concrete, fewer air pollutants.

Making Roman concrete produces as much CO2 as modern concrete

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[displacementblues]

A new poem about air by Simon Armitage makes it easier to breathe on a city street in England. A materials scientist at the University of Sheffield has figured out a way to use nanoparticles to absorb pollution from car exhaust. He has coated a building-size billboard in these particles, and claims that any building or billboard could be treated to serve the same function.