Useful lessons in ventilation provided by insects' mounds
Friday, October 22, 2010 - 09:01
in Physics & Chemistry
While some power companies scour the globe for steady winds to drive giant turbines, a biologist is turning to lowly termites and their lofty mounds to understand how to harness far more common intermittent breezes, seeking ideas that could drive nature-inspired building systems whose sloshing air movement could provide ventilation and cooling.