Plumbing

Hydrocephalus, or "water on the brain," occurs when the cerebral ventricles -- four interconnected cavities of the brain that are filled with cerebrospinal fluid -- become enlarged, but its cause is unknown in many cases. A better…

Low-consumption office buildings with infrequent water use could have chemical and microbiological safety issues, according to a study published in PLOS Water by Andrew Whelton at Purdue University, Indiana, United States, and colleagues.…

Silicon carbide (SiC) unipolar semiconductors are in wide commercial use, but their operations are limited by a trade-off relationship between breakdown voltage and specific resistance of the drift layer, or specific on-resistance.…