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Window-O-Power

May 30, 2023 Xinyu Li

A conceptual picture of a house with the windows made of the material proposed in the study.

See windows in a whole new light! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Renewable energy – it’s the wave of the future! Solar is popular, but huge rooftop panels don’t grab everything. What about the light streaming through our windows? Could we capture and harness

Virtual Exca-Vacation

March 17, 2023 Adam Chin

Smartphone with the augmented reality app opened showing how a church looked like in the past

Are we there yet? All I see are a bunch of broken walls! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science, saying…these days, the wonders of antiquity…aren’t all that wonderful. What if we could ACTUALLY peek into the past? Enter Vicenzo Barrille from the University Mediterranea of

Mighty Spongebob

January 27, 2023 Vivek Tyagi

Does Spongebob Squarepants have the perfect frame? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. We, humans, need our buildings to be nice and sturdy. There are definitely right and VERY wrong ways to put them together. But what’s the LEAST amount of support you need to

Window-O-Power

May 4, 2021 Xinyu Li

Virtual Exca-Vacation

March 17, 2021 Adam Chin

Mighty Spongebob

January 7, 2021 Vivek Tyagi

High Rise Hazard

February 26, 2018 Loh Down Staff

Those pricey penthouses aren’t all they’re cracked up to be. This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. In most apartments, you pay more to be on a higher floor. But that might not be the only cost. So say researchers at Saint Michael’s Hospital in Toronto.