Civil Engineering

Solar-to-Jet-Fuel System Readies for Takeoff

IEEE Spectrum: As climate change edges from crisis to emergency, the aviation sector looks set to miss its 2050 goal of net-zero emissions. In the five years preceding the pandemic, the top four U.S. airlines—American, Delta, Southwest, and United—saw a 15…

Unique phenomenon discovered as gel shifts to a liquid, then back to a gel and back again

Chemistry World: In a strange twist, researchers have accidentally discovered a flowing suspension of a gel, called a sol, becomes solid gel again when it’s diluted further – going against…

Nanobody busts into brain cells to unclump proteins

Futurity: Researchers have developed a nanobody that can get through the tough exterior of mouse brain cells and untangle misshapen proteins that lead to Parkinson’s disease, Lewy body dementia, and other neurocognitive disorders. Proteins called antibodies help the immune system…

Hidden Chaos Found to Lurk in Ecosystems

Quanta Magazine: Physical scientists seem to find the phenomenon of chaos everywhere: in the orbits of planets, in weather systems, in a river’s swirling eddies. For nearly three decades, ecologists considered chaos in the living world to be surprisingly rare by…