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An Airborne and Impact Sound Insulation Analysis of 3D Woven Textiles on the Floor in Buildings

Buildings
Noise has detrimental effects on mental and physical health and quality of life, especially for those living in apartment buildings. Therefore, sound insulation materials are pivotal for reducing unwanted noise as well as enhancing acoustic comfort. This
Ngan Thanh Vu, Won-Kee Hong, Seong-Kyum Kim   +2 more
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Carbon Dots: An Emerging Frontier for Green and Sustainable Civil Engineering Materials

ENERGY &ENVIRONMENTAL MATERIALS, Volume 9, Issue 4, July 2026.
Traditional civil engineering materials (CE materials) are usually involved with high‐energy consumption during manufacturing, significant maintenance costs, and substantial environmental impacts throughout their life cycles. The progress of nanotechnology is catalyzing a green and sustainable transformation within the field.
Weiwen Hao, Xiaolong Wang, Xiao Chen, Dong Liu, Zhenhui Kang, Cheng Zhu   +5 more
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Dry sand as a specialized layer to improve the acoustic insulation between rooms one above another

Materiales de Construccion, 2013
This work presents and analyses the experimental field results of the sound insulation from airborne and impact noise of the horizontal separating elements commonly used in the past, in which a uniform layer of sand was placed on top of the floor ...
C. Díaz, D. Caballol, A. Díaz, A. Rodríguez   +3 more
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Evaluating Laboratory Measurements for Sound Insulation of Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT) Floors: Configurations in Lightweight Buildings

Applied Sciences, 2022
Cross-laminated timber (CLT) floors with supplementary layers or floating floors comprise a common solution in new multistory timber structures. However, bare CLT components provide poor sound insulation, especially in low frequencies during structure ...
Nikolaos-Georgios Vardaxis, Delphine Bard Hagberg, Jessica Dahlström   +2 more
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Assessing the Underwater Impact of Aerodynamic Noise From Offshore Wind Turbines

Wind Energy, Volume 29, Issue 7, July 2026.
ABSTRACT The growing demand for offshore wind energy has led to a significant increase in wind turbine size and to the development of large‐scale wind farms, often comprising 100–150 turbines. However, the environmental impact of underwater noise emissions remains largely unaddressed.
Laura Botero‐Bolívar, Oscar A. Marino Sánchez, Martín de Frutos, Esteban Ferrer   +3 more
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Numerical Investigation of the Sound Insulation Performance of Sandwich RC Slabs with Interlayer Inclined Rebar Connectors

Buildings
To balance load-bearing capacity and acoustic insulation, this study proposes a sandwich reinforced concrete (RC) slab with W-shaped interlayer inclined rebar connectors and investigates their influence on acoustic bridging.
Erjun Wu, Jianxiang Wang, Yonghao Wang
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Smart Face Masks as Wearable Respiratory Sensors: A Review of Sensor Technologies, Materials, and Future Directions

Advanced Healthcare Materials, Volume 15, Issue 21, 5 June 2026.
This review highlights recent advances in smart face masks that actively monitor breathing. By integrating humidity, gas, temperature, pressure, strain, and triboelectric sensors, these masks track key respiratory parameters in real time. The article summarizes sensor mechanisms, compares performance across studies, and discusses challenges and future ...
Negin Faramarzi, Naseeh Backer Kannanthodi, Alice Nicole Casling, Babar Ali, Samira Lakouraj Mansouri, Alessandro Giuseppe D'aloia, Hossein Cheraghi Bidsorkhi, Maria Sabrina Sarto   +7 more
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Airborne Sound Insulation of Sustainable Building Facades

, 2022
AbstractTwo trends are currently leading to an increased risk of indoor noise pollution. Firstly, urban densification causes traffic noise sources to be closer to the building facades which makes them louder at the facades. Secondly, airtightness of buildings, due to energy regulations, leads to the need of natural or mechanical ventilation to ensure a
Andreas Drechsler, Steffi Reinhold, Andreas Ruff, Martin Schneider, Berndt Zeitler   +4 more
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Terrestrial Analogs to Titan for Geophysical Research

Reviews of Geophysics, Volume 64, Issue 2, June 2026.
Abstract Saturn's moon Titan exhibits remarkable parallels to the Earth in many geophysical and geological processes not found elsewhere in the solar system at the present day. These include a nitrogen atmosphere with a condensible gas—methane—replacing the Earth's water, leading to an active meteorology with rainfall and surface manifestations ...
Conor A. Nixon, Samuel Birch, Audrey Chatain, Charles Cockell, Kendra K. Farnsworth, Peter M. Higgins, Stéphane Le Mouélic, Rosaly M. C. Lopes, Michael J. Malaska, Mohit Melwani Daswani, Kelly E. Miller, Catherine D. Neish, Olaf G. Podlaha, Jani Radebaugh, Lauren R. Schurmeier, Ashley Schoenfeld, Krista M. Soderlund, Anezina Solomonidou, Christophe Sotin, Nicholas A. Teanby, Tetsuya Tokano, Steven D. Vance   +21 more
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The Influence of Sea Ice and Ice Mélange on Outlet Glacier Dynamics in the Arctic and Antarctic: Recent Progress and Future Challenges

Reviews of Geophysics, Volume 64, Issue 2, June 2026.
Abstract Sea ice is situated close to the termini of many outlet glaciers in the Arctic and Antarctic and has the potential to influence their dynamics and, therefore, their contribution to sea level rise. However, the nature, prevalence, and ice‐dynamic significance of sea ice‐glacier interactions remains subject to several open questions.
Katherine A. Deakin, Chris R. Stokes, Stewart S. R. Jamieson, J. Rachel Carr   +3 more
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