materialverse
The science behind the materials in my world.
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Asphalt, the building block: If you’ve ever noticed how the road feels softer or hotter than everything around it, you’re not imagining things. That everyday road beneath your feet is a carefully engineered material, asphalt, designed to handle heat, pressure, and constant use. Asphalt is often chosen when building roads because it can be laid…
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We’ve all been there, you pull your favorite cotton hoodie out of the dryer, and suddenly it looks like it belongs to a toddler, about 10 sizes smaller than when it went in. This is a frustrating mystery for most, but your laundry unit is not actually eating your clothes, it is just triggering a…
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You might have seen them — those dark blue or black rectangles on rooftops in Mountain House. Those are solar panels, and they produce electricity by turning sunlight into energy. This is one of the best examples how materials science works. Solar panels have no moving parts and do not need any fuel. They are…
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We had a really fun snow day in Bear Valley with family and friends a couple of weeks ago. A big part of playing in snow is to dress appropriately and a big part of dressing appropriately is wearing snow pants. So that got me thinking about what magic ingredients in them made me feel…
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Ever since I learnt about the elements and the periodic table, it has amazed me that: So materials science and engineering, which is the study of the atomic and molecular properties of materials and their applications, is something I wanted to learn more about. But materials science and engineering is not just an abstract study…
