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Chameleon Buildings, Math Pattern of Cells, Gravity Waves


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Today, you’ll learn about a new tech that will turn buildings into chameleons, a mathematical mystery lurking in our cells, and how to spot gravitational waves.  

 

Chameleon Buildings  

 

  • “‘Warm in Winter and Cool in Summer’: Scalable Biochameleon Inspired Temperature-Adaptive Coating with Easy Preparation and Construction.” by Yan Dong, et al. 2023.  
  • “Chameleon-Inspired coating could cool and warm buildings through the seasons.” EurekAlert! 2023.  
  • “Namaqua Chameleon.” Animalia. N.D.  
  • “Buildings.” IEA.Org. n.d. 

 

Math Pattern of Cells  

 

  • “A catalog of all human cells reveals a mathematical pattern.” by Darren Incorvaia. 2023.  
  • “Human Cells Display a Mathematical Pattern That Repeats in Nature and Language.” by Margaret Osborne. 2023.  
  • “The human cell count and size distribution.” by Ian A. Hatton, et al. 2023.  
  • “Body’s bacteria don’t outnumber human cells so much after all.” by Tina Hesman Saey. 2016.  
  • “Zipf’s word frequency law in natural language: A critical review and future directions.” by Steven T. Piantadosi. 2014.  

 

Gravity Waves  

 

  • “Scientists have two ways to spot gravitational waves. Here are some other ideas.” by Emily Conover. 2023.  
  • “A newfound gravitational wave ‘hum’ may be from the universe’s biggest black holes.” by Emily Conover. 2023.  
  • “Gravity waves from black holes verify Einstein’s prediction.” by Andrew Grant. 2016.  

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