Thinking small has enabled an international team of scientists to gain new insight into the evolution of planetary building blocks in the early solar system. The researchers compared the results of ...

Salt weathering represents a critical deterioration process affecting porous building materials, including historical monuments and modern constructions. This phenomenon arises from the complex ...

A completed section of path shows the color and smoothness of the finish. Water percolates through the pavement into the ground, where it is returned to the water table naturally. A new kind of ...

Several factors, such as surface area, pore size distribution, temperature, pressure, and the nature of both the gas and porous material, influence the rate and extent of gas sorption. The size and ...

Wendler, E. and Charola, A. Elena. 2008. "Water and its Interaction with Porous Inorganic Building Materials." In Hydrophobe V. 5th International Conference on Water Repellent Treatment of Building ...

Optical transformation: porous polymer coatings switch from white to translucent when wetted and can be put in frames to make panels for light and temperature control of buildings. (Courtesy: ...