News tagged with glass panes
Researchers develop new reversible, green window technology
Mar 03, 2009 |
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Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU, Israel) researchers have developed a new, highly energy-efficient window technology, featuring two reversible panes that will save energy all year round in homes and ...
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Screen-printed solar cells
Jan 29, 2008 |
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Members of the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE are traveling to Tokyo with bulky luggage these days. Their destination is Nanotech 2008, the world’s largest trade fair for nanotechnology. ...
Switchable mirror glass produced for energy efficient windows
Jan 30, 2007 |
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Although windows can naturally heat buildings in the cold seasons, some hot sunny days might make you wish that windows would just go away. Scientists from Japan have recently designed new technology that will ...
Vigilant windows
Mar 17, 2009 |
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Is someone sneaking around in front of the window trying to break in? Windows and doors are now being sensitized to suspicious movements: they can detect whether and how quickly something is moving. If it ...
MU engineers develop safer, blast-resistant glass (w/ Video)
Sep 10, 2009 |
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To protect from potential terrorist attacks, federal buildings and other critical infrastructures are made with special windows that contain blast-resistant glass. However, the glass is thick and expensive. Currently, University ...
Noise-absorbing windows
Apr 03, 2007 |
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The noise of aircraft taking off, road traffic or a booming discotheque often drive inhabitants of the neighborhood to a nervous frenzy. The first-ever windows with active sound insulation offer much-needed ...
Bioactive glass nanofibers produced
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Dec 18, 2009 |
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A team of researchers from the University of Vigo, Rutgers University in the United States and Imperial College London, in the United Kingdom, has developed "laser spinning", a novel method of producing glass ...
Researchers discover theoretical model to predict jamming
Apr 25, 2008 |
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Researchers at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have come up with a theoretical model to predict when granular materials become jammed. This advancement not only broadens fundamental knowledge, ...
Glass Thermometers Still a Safety Hazard
Nov 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A study by emergency physicians at Children's Hospital Boston provides a wakeup call to parents to get rid of their old glass thermometers. A 12year review of patients seen in Children's emergency department ...
Physicist opens new window on glass puzzle
Aug 09, 2007 |
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When most people look at a window, they see solid panes of glass, but for decades, physicists have pondered the mysteries of window glass: Is glass a solid, or merely an extremely slow moving liquid" An Emory University research ...
Glass-walled buildings can mean death for birds, killing 1 to 5 percent of them a year
Aug 07, 2009 |
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The front of Temple University's student center is an almost seamless wall of glass, reflecting trees and sky in lifelike detail and adding visual appeal to the urban landscape.
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