An overview on BIPV considering architectural integrity and historic value of old buildings exemplified by Rome´s built environment but also looking at a broader perspective.
Prisca Henheik
Nitric Oxide – A Simple Molecule with Complex Actions
Researchers from UNSW Sydney and Aarhus University review the current landscape of nitric oxide-releasing platforms.
Liquid Crystals for Smart Windows
Liquid crystals that switch between transparent and opaque states could one day be used in smart windows.
Invader Cells as Delivery Vesicles for Various Cargo Molecules
A smart cell-targeting approach for potential use in specific cell ablation.
Food and Lifestyle Behavior – Do We See an Impact of Epigenetic Burden of Chronic Disease?
Increasing consumption of western and low fiber diets, smoking or just exposure to tobacco smoke, harmful use of alcohol, physical inactivity, and environmental pollutants may have programed the human epigenome for higher NCCDs risk.
Manipulating Proteins inside Living Cells
Magnetogenetics is a promising approach manipulating cellular functions in tissues and organisms with high spatial and temporal resolution.
How Degradable are Biodegradable Polymers in Water?
The stability of biodegradable polymers in both fresh water and sea water is investigated to determine how degradable they really are.
Nature Inspires – Materials with Enhanced Mechanical Properties
Researchers studied how encapsulated droplets of gallium liquid increased the stiffness of an elastomer.
Ken Alston, Executive Advisory Board of Advanced Sustainable Systems on Cradle to Cradle Design
The editors of Advanced Sustainable Systems asked Ken Alston to briefly describe the idea behind Cradle to Cradle.
Psychological Vaccination against Misinformation about Climate Change
Exploring a method to combat misinformation, alternative facts and fake news.