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IMAGE: Cross-sectional images (shown in different colors) of a spider web were combined into this 3D image and translated into music. view more
Credit: Isabelle Su and Markus Buehler
WASHINGTON, April 12, 2021 Spiders are master builders, expertly weaving strands of silk into intricate 3D webs that serve as the spider s home and hunting ground. If humans could enter the spider s world, they could learn about web construction, arachnid behavior and more. Today, scientists report that they have translated the structure of a web into music, which could have applications ranging from better 3D printers to cross-species communication and otherworldly musical compositions.
Coastal communities face increasing danger from rising water and storms, but the level of risk will be more closely tied to policy decisions regarding development than the varying conditions associated with climate change.
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IMAGE: Figure. (A) Schematic illustration of the centrifugal multispinning polymer nanofiber production process. (B) The polymer nanofibers spun by the system. The increase of the number of sub-disk shows the proportional. view more
Credit: Professor Do Hyun Kim, KAIST
KAIST researchers have developed a novel nanofiber production technique called centrifugal multispinning that will open the door for the safe and cost-effective mass production of high-performance polymer nanofibers. This new technique, which has shown up to a 300 times higher nanofiber production rate per hour than that of the conventional electrospinning method, has many potential applications including the development of face mask filters for coronavirus protection.
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IMAGE: The sustainability of buildings as an independent scientific discipline: The Stones and Ceramics Association supports the endowed professorship Sustainable Building at the TU Graz. view more
Credit: Lunghammer - TU Graz
Graz University of Technology (TU Graz) and the Austrian Association for Building Materials and Ceramic Industries (Stones and ceramics association) have contractually agreed on the establishment of an endowed professorship for sustainable construction. The association will fund the professorship according to Section 99 of the University Act for a period of three years, with the option of an extension. TU Graz will contribute scientific positions, administrative support and infrastructure for research and teaching.