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Porous plastic sheets can cool buildings by radiating light to space
Traditional cooling systems for buildings use refrigerants and electricity, which contribute to the atmospheric greenhouse ...
Science Daily1d
Discovery of water droplet freezing bridges atmospheric science, climate solutions
A groundbreaking study on the freezing of water droplets suspended in air sheds light on a key process in Earth's water cycle: the transformation of supercooled water into ice.
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Simulator characterizes air pollution in aircraft cabins
"Fume events" occur when fluids such as engine oil or hydraulic fluid contaminate the air inside an airplane cabin via the ...
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Independently funded jet’s sound barrier mark revives talk of commercial supersonic travel
An aircraft developed by Boom Supersonic became the first independently funded jet to break the sound barrier this week. The XB-1 aircraft accelerated to Mach 1.05 at about 35,000 feet during a test f ...
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Carnegie Mellon Grad’s Supersonic Aircraft Breaks Sound Barrier
A Carnegie Mellon University grad is behind the successful flight earlier this week of the first independently developed jet ...