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Elephants Are Either Left Or Right-Trunked, And Their Wrinkles Reveal Which One
Elephants are pretty amazing, aren’t they? Aside from their famously impressive memory, the highly social animals can also communicate using a pitch we humans can’t hear. The world’s largest ...
Smithsonian Magazine9d
How Do You Clean an 11-Ton Elephant? One Brushstroke at a Time
The National Museum of Natural History recently spruced up its iconic African elephant mount, which has greeted visitors ...
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"Elephant skin" mycelium tiles keep buildings chilled – and look cool, too
Oyster mushrooms and repurposed bamboo furniture scraps may be an unlikely combination for a tough building material, but ...
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All-natural elephant skin-inspired fungi tiles offer upto 70% more cooling for buildings
These “fungi tiles” could provide an energy-free solution for cooling buildings. The tiles combine mycelium with organic ...
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NTU Singapore scientists create ‘fungi tiles’ with elephant skin texture to cool buildings
A team of scientists have developed ‘fungi tiles’ that could one day help to bring the heat down in buildings without ...
Nanyang Technological University3d
A ‘fungi tile’ with an elephant skin texture to cool buildings
NTU scientists, in collaboration with local ecology and biomimicry design firm bioSEA, have developed ‘fungi tiles’ that ...
Mirage News2d
Fungi Tile Mimics Elephant Skin for Cool Buildings
NTU scientists, in collaboration with local ecology and biomimicry design firm bioSEA, have developed 'fungi tiles' that could help cool buildings ...