These Fluid-Filled Tiles Could Help Keep the Buildings of the Future Cool
Sunlight is the power source for nearly all life on Earth, but it can be destructive, too. When too much radiation—particularly the heat rays of the near-infrared—hits manmade structures, it can cause them to overheat, warp, and even fracture.
Nature, on the other hand, seems generally unconcerned about overheating. It turns out that many organisms have specialized circulatory systems to regulate temperature—a fact that intrigued Dr. Mark Alston and his research team at the University of Nottingham. A lot of humanity’s best “inventions†have been taken directly from nature’s playbook, so Alston wondered if he could mimic a natural mechanism to cope with sunlight in his own lab.
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