Top 2% researchers by Stanford and Elsevier

Stanford University and Elsevier have published the ranking of the 2% of the most influential researchers in the world in all scientific disciplines for 2021. The list includes 190000 researchers. Very proud to be in the list in a good position, No 539.

List :   https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16LFgWv5Cl2Z_TQ-eMD084r3Oug5avmAR/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=116281795471312124273&rtpof=true&sd=true

‘This may save lives’: Ditching dark roofs drops mercury by up to 10 degrees

 

By Angus Thompson

Ditching dark roofing across Sydney will lower the city’s summer ambient temperatures by up to 2.4 degrees, according to University of NSW research commissioned by the federal government.

A switch to cool-roofing options as simple as a coat of white paint could also drive down indoor temperatures in uninsulated homes

Super cool building materials prove powerful arsenal against climate change

New building materials that reflect rather than absorb solar energy can reduce peak temperatures in our cities by up to four degrees.

New building materials that reduce urban temperatures, and counteract the effects of climate change, will be produced in a research partnership between UNSW Sydney and the University of Sydney.

Ο Ματθαίος Σανταμούρης απαντά κλιματική κρίση ή κακοτεχνίες οδηγούν στις εικόνες

 

Optimization of Random Silica-Polymethylpentene (TPX) Radiative Coolers Towards Substantial Cooling Capacity

Feng J KaiGao YueJ iang Giulia Ulpiani Djordje Krajcicc Riccardo Paolini Gianluca βRanzc 

and M. Santamouris
Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells Volume 234, January 2022, 111419


The context of global warming, radiative coolers with high solar reflectance and strong emissivity in the atmospheric window can cool the substrate as well as the ambient air. Silica at its nano or micro-scale being randomly dispersed into a uniform transparent polymer can form scalable radiative coolers for large-scale application. Promising cooling performance has been reported for silica-polymers compared with conventional cooling materials, but their performance can be largely influenced by various fabrication parameters.