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An Invisible Layer of Gold Could Be the Secret to Glasses That Never Fog Up
Although foggy lenses have been plaguing glasses wearers for as long as glasses have existed, they happen more frequently to those still masking. Researchers from ETH Zurich in Switzerland may have finally come up with a permanent solution to the problem that works whether someone’s wearing a mask, or even if they’ve just come inside…
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A Wine Glass Shattering at 187,500 FPS Reveals the Destruction in Excruciating Detail
High-speed footage can make a mundane event feel more dramatic, which is why Hollywood uses it to enhance certain scenes. But the technology can also reveal details that happen too quickly for the human eye to perceive. As The Slow Mo Guys reveal, a wine glass shattering when blasted by sound waves is far more…
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This Hurricane Proof House Made From 612,000 Recycled Plastic Bottles Can Withstand 524km/h Winds
If you’re looking to build a new home on coastal waters where hurricanes are known to roam, you might want to skip the two-by-fours and cement and instead start drinking bottled soft drink. A Canadian company has recently completed construction of a home with exterior walls made from recycled plastic, and it’s claimed to be…
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We Finally Understand How Concrete Behaves At A Microscopic Level
In modern cities, there’s concrete at every turn. So it might surprise you to hear that, until now at least, we haven’t really understood how it works at the microscopic level — despite the fact that we trust it to build huge structures.