We are surrounded by high-tech materials in our daily lives; for example, smart phones or computers. Modern can also turn sunlight into electricity, waste CO 2 from the atmosphere eco-friendly chemicals to reduce need fossil fuels. These applications often very specific even custom-made materials. Materials scientists always looking new and/or better They want learn how work, so they design and...

Typical construction materials and practices have a large ecological footprint. Many materials are energyintensive to produce, and construction and demolition debris constitutes a large percentage of U.S. landfill volume. Biocomposites are structural materials made from renewable resources that biodegrade in an anaerobic environment after their useful service life to produce a fuel or feedstock...

" It's B stars, stupid! " Abstract. In the currently-accepted model for star formation out of the interstellar gas in galaxies, the basic construction material is assumed to be large clouds of atomic hydrogen (H i). These clouds are thought to form higher-density complexes of gas and dust, and turn molecular (H 2). Stars then form out of this molecular gas. In this paper arguments are advanced ...

During recent years, the possibility to create custom biocompatible nanoshapes using DNA as a building material has rapidly emerged. Further, these rationally designed DNA structures could be exploited in positioning pivotal molecules, such as enzymes, with nanometer-level precision. This feature could be used in the fabrication of artificial biochemical machinery that is able to mimic the comp...

The primary goal of this thesis is to analyze current trends in the improvement of the performance and safety of glass during an earthquake. The four sections consist of an overview of glass as a building material, glass installation methods, rehabilitation methods for existing structures, and building code related issues. The thesis is based on an analysis of sources including books, journal a...