Could rice husk and newspapers create a new sustainable insulation material?
It could help bring down the environmental impact of the construction sector
Tag: insulation
Green walls can reduce heat lost by buildings by over 30% in temperate climates
They look great and can help keep heating bills low.
Atom-thick heat shield could make smartphones even thinner
A new insulating material that's 50,000 times thinner than a sheet of paper could make electronics even more compact.
How to reduce your home’s ecological footprint
We're all kings and queens of our own castles.
Why satellites have those golden foils on them — and how it saves a lot of lives
Like many other NASA technologies, this also proved to be really useful on Earth.
Insulating nanowire cloth that traps heat perfectly could help tackle climate change
Researchers at Stanford University coated flexible textile fibers with metallic nanowires to form a cohesive network that acts as a ...
Organic topological insulator demonstrated for first time
Researchers at University of Utah have recently demonstrated that it is indeed feasible to construct a topological insulator from organic compounds. ...
New polymer aerogels might become the wonder insulating material
Since they were first invented in 1931, aerogels have become widely used in the industry, mostly for insulation purposes, thanks ...