Cement that can cool itself by reflecting light on the outside and releasing heat from its surface could help buildings stay comfortable without needing air conditioning. Normal cement tends to absorb ...

A single-atom platinum catalyst lights ammonia at 200 °C and keeps it burning steadily at 1,100 °C with low NO x, generating high-grade, carbon-free heat for steel, cement and chemicals. Ammonia is a ...

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) – A hard day's work is only getting harder with this heat advisory. “There's a lot of factors that come into play, especially on the days that we have to pour,” Jorge Mendoza, a ...

Engineers are turning to a chemistry that ancient Romans perfected two millennia ago to build thermal batteries capable of storing cheap, abundant heat for industrial use. By exploiting the reversible ...