In a recent article, Zhang et al. 1 observed the direct propulsion of a bulk graphene sponge when exposed to laser light. They attributed this to the momentum of the light-induced ejected ...

A UK research team has developed a photovoltaic leaf concept that can produce electricity, water and thermal energy in a single device. The system, inspired by a leaf, is based on a biomimetic ...

Thermal creep and thermal transpiration are the driving force of toys now, but they may not always be. Consider the vast nebulas that litter the universe, many of them filled with forming stars.

Reynolds is credited with the origination of the thermal transpiration mechanism: O. Reynolds, Phil. Trans. R. Soc. London 170, 727 (1879) Maxwell peer-reviewed Reynolds' paper and published a ...

Artist and photographer Nikolay Lamm took thermal images of New York City to show the urban heat island effect. ... That's because grass, unlike man-made structures, can cool by transpiration, ...

Transpiration cooling using water can provide thermal protection for the hot structures of hypersonic vehicles and spaceplanes, according to German researchers. German aerospace centre DLR's ...

SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. Air Force awarded Canopy Aerospace two contracts with a combined value of $2.8 million to develop thermal protection systems (TPS).

Thermal imaging and drones are calculating how much water trees are losing through transpiration The technology helps farmers to know how much water to use for producing better, more sustainable fruit ...

Several technologies funded by the Canadian Space Agency under the Space Technology Development Program will be launched into ...

China has come up with a 3D conic device called '‘Artificial Transpiration’ that can increase solar-thermal conversion, thus paving new avenues for using solar energy in diverse sectors.