Wind turbines are necessary for ensuring society’s sustainable future, but they still have a recycling problem. Decommissioned installations are destined for landfills in many cases, while the steel parts that actually make it to recycling facilities are only broken down after generating large amounts of (often dirty) greenhouse gas emissions. Two Dutch companies, however, recently […]
Haut is a 21-story timber-hybrid high-rise completed in Amsterdam in 2022. It was designed by the British engineering collective Arup and Team V, a Dutch architecture firm. Haut has 55 apartments, a bicycle parking area, an underground parking garage, and an urban garden. It was the first residential building in the Netherlands to receive certification […]
The RIFT House is an award winning home that showcases how the power of architecture and engineering … [+] can deliver better performance. Fotovan.com A rift valley is by definition a long valley where the land has sunk down between parallel faults. There is a rift valley on the Rio Grande in the desert of […]
New research indicates some of the architecture’s oldest and most reliable designs can be built even better thanks to insect inspiration. According to an international team , some of the strongest and most reliable domed ceilings can be built by more closely imitating the semi-irregular geometric patterns seen in dragonfly wings. Domes and vaults have […]
Credit: Nucleic Acids Research (2024). DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkae689 DNA—the molecule that carries the genetic information of all living organisms—is packaged within cells in a complex manner that allows it to function efficiently. Nucleosomes facilitate DNA compaction and also play a crucial role in regulating gene expression and other biological processes. A team of scientists led by […]
Christopher Stauffer is CEO of STAUFFERa digital agency that creates websites, apps, and creative solutions for brands and organizations. getty Do you manage your sales data in Salesforce, host your e-commerce platform on Shopify, store your video content on Vimeo and maintain customer interactions through Zendesk? Headless architecture allows you to integrate these disparate elements […]
