The increasing frequency and intensity of climate extremes, such as heatwaves, cold surges, heavy rainfall, and severe storms ...
SDS embraces iterative cycles of action, reflection, and material engagement to generate new ways of thinking and making. In SDS, researchers are not passive observers but active participants, and ...
In recent years, scientists have developed a wide range of smart materials known as “mechanoresponsive materials” (MRMs), which exhibit fluorescence, coloring, self-healing, and even ...
Recently, a research team led by Professor Huang Xingjiu at the Institute of Solid-State Physics, the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has proposed a novel ...
Scientists have created a new layered superconducting material with a conducting layer made of bismuth, silver, tin, sulfur and selenium. The conducting layer features four distinct sublayers; by ...
A research team affiliated with UNIST has unveiled a novel thermoelectric (TE) film, capable of powering LED lights using a ...
Usability guru Don Norman raises some provocative questions about the value of design research for understanding user needs. Is it really not useful for creating breakthrough innovations? Adam ...
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