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A photo taken by Jin Xuqi in 1984, Zhong Zhaomin and his family were feeding a wild giant panda cub named "Longlong" who was sitting in a bamboo basket. "Longlong" looked very cute in the bamboo basket, and the whole family was standing around the basket with happy expressions on their faces.

[materialsscienceandengineering]

Bright and tough: A material that heals itself and glows

A research team at the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS) has succeeded in developing a self-healing material that is also capable of emitting a high amount of fluorescence when absorbing light. The research, published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, could lead the way to the creation of new materials such as organic solar cells that are more durable than current types. In 2019, Zhaomin Hou and his team at RIKEN CSRS successfully copolymerized ethylene and anisylpropylene using a rare-earth metal catalyst. The resulting binary copolymer displayed remarkable self-healing properties against damage. The copolymer's soft components, alternating units of ethylene and anisylpropylene, coupled with hard crystalline units of ethylene-ethylene chains, acted as physical cross-linking points, forming a nano-phase-separated structure that proved crucial for self-healing. Building upon this success, they incorporated a luminescent unit, styrylpyrene, into a monomer and then formed polymers that also included anisylpropylene and ethylene. This process led to the synthesis, in a single step, of a self-healing material with fluorescence characteristics.

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弓箭手埋伏在四周，无数箭头泛着青紫色，淬了毒。神秘的领头人踏入大殿的第一句话是：

“有缘千里来相会，近日可好，周姑娘？” “是你！无耻小人！” “啊，在下何德何能，被如此千娇百媚的大美人记在心上~”

众人见那位年轻的峨嵋女侠几句话被登徒子占了便宜，双眸通红气得发抖。偏武功又不如人，眼里蓄着泪水，越发可怜可爱。 被周芷若怒目而视的登徒子仿佛感受不到她的恨意，柔声道：

“这峨嵋派除了倚天剑，还有何可取之处？周姑娘不如弃暗投明，跟我走吧——”话未说完，混战一触即发。周芷若伤势未愈，被趁乱救走。她昏昏沉沉地倚在马车上，听到有人喊着“芷若”。

那是周芷若第一次梦见赵敏。 #我瞎说的##但我觉得敏若可以有#

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When will the new edition be broadcast? I can’t wait for it to start.I have loved the little infanta for more than ten years!!

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“The conquest of China in 1644 provided the Manchus with a new capital in China proper. Soon after the move to Beijing, the situation in the northeast became very unstable. The long war against the Ming army had destroyed both the land and the population. In 1653, in response to the severe depopulation of Liaodong, the Shunzhi emperor made a proposal on recruitment and cultivation in Liaodong (Liaodong zhaomin kaiken ling): an imperial edict that encouraged Han Chinese immigration and offered compensation in order to repopulate the northeast. Immigrants were granted titles and ranks, provided with land and farming tools, and exempted from paying taxes. The Liaodong resettlement policy continued into the Kangxi reign, and even political and criminal exiles were sent to Liaodong to supplement the meager population. By the end of the seventeenth century this immigration effort had proved successful, and the Han population in Liaodong continued to increase. One result of the booming immigration was that many people, most notably illegal ginseng gatherers, were able to pass unnoticed through Shanhaiguan. The recovery and stabilization of the northeast eventually alarmed the Kangxi emperor, who worried that Han immigration would undermine Manchu privileges in this region. He finally ended the promotion policy in the northeast in 1668. The Qing policy of stabilization in the northeast was accompanied by administrative reorganization. The region was divided into three jurisdictions headed by military governors. The Shengjing military governor ruled the populous area of Shengjing, while the headquarters of the military governors of Ningguta and Heilongjiang were established in Jilin Wula and Qiqihar, respectively. Throughout the Qing period, the area under these three military governors was known as the “three eastern provinces” (Dong sansheng). Within the three eastern provinces, the Shengjing military governor had a particularly wide range of responsibilities, including the prevention of illegal immigration and control of the boundary with the Chosŏn. A map in The Unified Gazetteer of Shengjing (Shengjing tongzhi) shows that his domain covered an area demarcated by Hetu Ala in the east, Shanhaiguan in the west, Ninghai in the south, Kaiyuan in the north, Zhenjiang in the southeast, the Bohai (K. Parhae) Sea in the southwest, Weiyuanbao in the northeast, and Jiuguantai in the northwest near the Mongol areas. Pastures and hunting fields near the Yalu River were also under his command. Two administrative divisions within the Shengjing office were closely related to Chosŏn affairs: the post of the Xiongyue garrison lieutenant general (fudutong), who directed the Yalu River region, and that of the Fenghuangcheng senior commandant, who supervised the boundary with the Chosŏn. In addition to the military governorship, another distinctive feature of Qing rule in the northeast was the Willow Palisade, a physical defense facility that was designed to control access to this vital region. The Qing Willow Palisade was in fact based on the Liaodong Frontier Wall that the Ming had built. After its conquest of China, the Qing court began to rebuild the palisade, which was composed of the eastern line, the western line, and the northern line. In 1661, the Shunzhi emperor relocated the residents along the western line and separated the pastoral Mongols in the west from the sedentary Manchus and Han Chinese in the east. Later, the Kangxi emperor continued to expand the fences until 1697, when the Willow Palisade reached its final form. The expansion of the eastern line allowed old cities such as Fushun, Qingyuan, Fe Ala, and Hetu Ala as well as the tombs of the early rulers to be safely enclosed within the palisade. The western line reached from Weiyuanbao to Shanhaiguan, and the eastern line from Weiyuanbao to Fenghuangcheng. The two lines together stretched across 1,950 li. The northern line, also called the New Palisade, was built north of Weiyuanbao during the period from 1670 to 1681. The lines connecting the four points of the palisade, namely Shanhaiguan, Weiyuanbao, Fenghuangcheng, and Fatha, formed the shape of the Chinese character ren. According to Richard Edmonds’s research, the Willow Palisade had a total of thirty-four gates, whose locations underwent considerable change over the Qing period. The Complete Gazetteer of Shengjing, compiled in 1748, lists six gates on the eastern line and ten on the western line. Each gate had a tower staffed with a certain number of officers and soldiers. The management of the palisade was the responsibility of the banner soldiers stationed at the gates and outposts (M. karun). While the gates were located along the palisade, the outposts were built inside and outside of it. They were added after the Willow Palisade was completed, providing a strong indication that the palisade itself was not adequate to prevent illegal intruders from entering the prohibited land. Outpost personnel were primarily charged with arresting illegal hunters, ginseng poachers, and unlawful settlers outside the palisade. All of the major functions of the palisade, the gates, and the outposts were about restriction of people’s movements. The Qing court sought to contain its Han Chinese subjects within China proper and Shengjing, and by doing so to protect other ethnic groups. The first function of the Willow Palisade was to distinguish the administrative districts of the three military governors, enabling the separation of the Han Chinese from the Manchus, the Mongols, and other tribal people in Jilin and Heilongjiang. The central Shengjing area was settled by the Han Chinese, the land outside of the western line was reserved for the Mongols, and the territory north of it was designated for hunting peoples such as the Solon, Dagur, and Orochon tribes. The second function of these installations was to protect the rich natural resources in the region. The Qing rulers established numerous graveyards, pastures, hunting fields, and ginseng mountains outside of the Willow Palisade, all of which were reserved for the exclusive use of the imperial household: “Along the road from Fenghuangcheng to Shanhaiguan and from Kaiyuan to Sa-lin-wo-li, the Willow Palisade is to be built and commoners are to be prohibited from entering.” In the area north of the Yalu and Tumen Rivers and near Changbaishan, especially rigorous restrictions were enforced soon after the Qing conquest of 1644. The Kangxi emperor announced that “Changbaishan is the sacred birthplace [faxiang zhongdi]” and prohibited any settlement or cultivation. The restriction on entry into the area beyond the eastern line of the Willow Palisade  was also designed as a deterrent to exploiters of ginseng, furs, and pearls, who came from Shengjing and China proper as well as from Korea. The gates on the eastern line were opened for such special occasions as imperial eastern tours, hunts, and ginseng gathering outings, as well as a Chosŏn tributary embassy’s journey. When he followed the Kangxi emperor’s eastern tour in 1682, Gao Shiqi described the eastern line thus: “The Willow Palisade divides [the inner land] from the Mongols. It reaches the Chosŏn in the south and Shanhaiguan in the west. Illegal intruders beyond [the palisade] are severely punished. . . . Within the preserve, barren mountains bar the passages, so that the roads are decayed and closed.”” - Seonmin Kim, Ginseng and Borderland: Territorial Boundaries and Political Relations Between Qing China and Choson Korea, 1636-1912. University of California Press, 2017. p. 78-82.

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The Emperor Plans, The Minister Executes: Chapter 2

Gu Bing knelt there, soaked through all over with cold sweat. In that moment, it felt as if he were back in the drawing room in his maternal uncle’s house.

Several days a year, his younger self would go kneel there, receive a few scraps of silver from his maternal aunt, endure a round of everyone’s mockery, then silently leave, alone. After that was a crude dwelling, a single lamp, and classics, essays, and poetry.

That sensation— of being pitied and held in contempt, of having no more power over his own fate than a floating bit of algae.

He was long used to it, and thus able to endure it.

“Do you know why I picked you alone, out of the several hundred examinees ranked within the three tiers?” the man on the dais asked idly.

“This commoner does not know, Your Highness.”

“You’re a Retainer of the Crown Prince now. Don’t call yourself a commoner anymore.”

Gu Bing’s brows knitted. Retainer of the Crown Prince was a sixth-rank second-class position, better than what even many scions of good families could hope for. This good fortune had arrived so quickly that it left him fearful.

“Should you not express your gratitude?” The man on the dais chose a forbidding wording, but his tone of voice was so gentle as to seem a touch careless.”

“This minister thanks Your Highness for your generosity.”

A fine-featured handmaid went back and forth, topping up teacups and waving a fan. “You still haven’t answered my question.”

Gu Bing sighed inwardly. “Most likely the show of myself I made at the banquet at the Apricot Garden amused Your Highness--”

The other man startled. “You remembered my voice all this time?”

Gu Bing shook his head. “Your Highness’s voice is akin to the cry of the dragon and the call of the phoenix, but I didn’t recognize you by voice.”

The man on the dais stood and ambled his leisurely way down. Gu Bing saw the train of his robes trailing on the ground, embroidered with cloud patterns, like the lavish ripples of light atop Daming Lake.

“Tell me more.”

“In fact, I realized during the banquet itself. There were three main points of notice.”

“What three points?”

Gu Bing hesitated for a moment before replying deferentially. “First, Your Highness was youthful and magnificent, and of handsome bearing. No one less than a scion of the great families could’ve obtained the clothes you wore. Second, Your Highness had keen knowledge of the affairs at court. You even knew that Zhou Qi was going to the Prince of Jingxi as an aide. I doubt an ordinary princeling would’ve had the ability and interest. Third, no ordinary ministerial family could have employed the servants who blocked my way and asked after my name that day.”

The Crown Prince mulled over this for a moment, then clapped and laughed. “You really are a meticulous thinker, Gu Bing. I’d forgotten that several of my servants are the kinfolk of fallen ministers, tattooed as punishment and sent into the palace to serve the emperor’s family. Looks like I really was right to keep you.” The Crown Prince half-turned and eyed Gu Bing, then sighed. “But I really didn’t choose you because I found you amusing. Rather, I… never mind, you probably wouldn’t believe me if I told you. I didn’t expect you to be like this either.”

His words left Gu Bing bewildered. All he could do was obediently answer in the affirmative. “This minister fears he presents an incommodious sight to your imperial eyes.”

But the man didn’t spare him another glance. He only said, “After this you’ll be at my side attending upon me. Naturally you’ll be moving into the Crown Prince’s residence, the East Palace. You must be tired today— go retire and rest. Come to the inner court tomorrow at quarter past the fifth hour to await me.”

Gu Bing arrived at the courtyard neatly dressed before five the next day, neatly dressed, only to find that the tutors of the Crown Prince’s Academe, the Secretary of the Crown Prince, and even the Grand Guardian and Grand Tutor, were already lined up there, all present and accounted for. Even though everyone wore new court robes, they more resembled rows of wilted, sickly trees.

The Secretary of the Crown Prince was a rather forbidding man. “Minister Gu.”

Gu Bing immediately bowed, afraid to even raise his head. Secretary was a fifth-rank first-class official position, a full three grades higher than his own.

“Having just entered officialdom, I fear you possess little understanding of the court, let alone the East Palace. His Highness the Crown Prince is benevolent and kind in character, and treats his subordinates with great generosity. But this does not mean we ministers can grow careless. The East Palace morning meeting is at the fifth hour, after which His Highness must attend court at Liangyi Palace at quarter to six, so ministers should arrive here by three. You’ve newly passed the exams, Minister Gu. Do not make the mistake of sinking into idleness in your youthful prime!”

Spittle flew as Secretary Huang spoke; Gu Bing’s head sank lower and lower, almost burying itself into the dust too deep to pull back out.

Now he heard a series of rustles. The palace handmaids walked out in a line, with Crown Prince Xuanyuan Zhaomin standing in their midst. In an instant, everyone in the inner court was kneeling on the ground.

Gu Bing hurriedly knelt too, feeling sore of back and dizzy of head.

Xuanyuan looked at his gathered subordinates and smiled a little. “You have a voice like a great bell, Minister Huang Yong. You must be in fine health, if I could hear you a mile away.” Secretary Huang hurriedly begged his pardon, but Xuanyuan waved him aside. “Xiao-Gu only just arrived, and he’s had to work a good deal lately with the examinations. I was the one who told him to come at a later hour. With the chilly weather lately, I want to push the time of the meeting back fifteen minutes from now on, and everyone can get more sleep. What do you think, Grand Tutor?”

Gu Bing couldn’t resist raising his head. Xuanyuan looked cheerful, his phoenix eyes half-shut with his smile, like an enlightened old fox. Where was the slightest shadow of his wild, willful self from the banks of the winding river a few days ago?

As he woolgathered, he spotted Xuanyuan’s gaze suddenly turn toward him. His lacquer-black eyes could suck in souls. Hurriedly, Gu Bing lowered his head.

The corner of Xuanyuan’s mouth curved. He directed everyone indoors.

After the meeting, Gu Bing’s head spun with the multitudinous official position names and relationships— something something Attendant Liu  was Chancellor Wang’s brother-in-law, something something Senior Minister Shi’s protege Zhao Zixi was the cousin of His Majesty’s current favorite Consort Zhao, something something Grand Tutor Su’s son was serving as Inspector in Huizhou, but due to an unhappy relationship with his father had gone over to Senior Minister Shi…”

How fortunate that he sat next to another Retainer named Wu Yong, who dragged Gu Bing into his incessant chatter. The buzz of his secret-sharing made Gu Bing’s head hurt. His face was turning pale.

Xuanyuan banged on his table somewhat impatiently. “So, after all that talk, how are we going to arrange for Third Brother to depart the capital as a regional prince? We still haven’t settled on how to respond to my Emperor Father. Can’t everyone give me one unified answer?”

“The Third Prince’s mother occupies a lowly position in the harem. The title of Prince of Lingnan should be good enough for him.”

“You don’t understand, his mother is cousin to Senior Minister Shi’s daughter-in-law!”

“And what do you know? Senior Minister Shi’s son favors Lady Ru.”

Xuanyuan laughed. “I know, you all write a petition and give it to me, right now. I’ll bring it to court afterward.”

Immediately, a clerk distributed sheets of paper. Gu Bing hesitated for a moment, then began to write. Wu Yong beside him snuck a glance, then frantically tugged at him. He was easy to lip-read: Are you crazy?

Gu Bing shook his head, and had the clerk bring up his response.

Xuanyuan’s gaze swept down the page. He gave a cryptic little smile and rose to attend court.

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Science and Chemistry Classes

Strong, stretchy, self-healing polymers rapidly recover from damage

-RIKEN

A polymer that heals itself with unprecedented speed and efficacy when cut—almost completely recovering its original strength within minutes—has been developed by RIKEN researchers. It was produced using an advanced catalytic method for combining multiple precursors into a single polymer in a controlled fashion. Increasing the structural complexity of polymers offers great promise for developing new materials with novel or improved properties. The controlled synthesis of complex polymers remains challenging, however. Zhaomin Hou of the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science and his colleagues recently developed a controlled catalytic method for combining non-polar and polar olefin monomers into a single polymer. "We previously discovered that we could synthesize multiblock copolymers that exhibited excellent elasticity and self-healing by using the two-component copolymerization of non-polar ethylene and polar methoxyaryl-substituted propylenes by a half-sandwich scandium catalyst," says Hou. The two-component polymers' properties depended strongly on the methoxyarylpropylene used. "This raised the intriguing question of whether a three-component 'terpolymer' of ethylene and two different methoxyaryl-functionalized propylenes would show unique synergistic effects on the mechanical and self-healing properties," adds Hou. Now, Hou, four RIKEN colleagues and a collaborator have confirmed that terpolymers can show unprecedented mechanical and self-healing performance. Their elastomeric polymer could be stretched to almost 14 times its original length before breaking. And when cut in two, the polymer healed itself within five minutes to recover 99% of its toughness and 97% of its tensile strength (Fig. 1). The material's exceptional performance can be explained by its unique molecular structure, Hou notes. The polymer consisted of three nanoscale component subsections, or 'blocks," with quite different physical properties, the team showed. Each methoxyarylpropylene formed relatively long alternating ethylene-methoxyarylpropylene sequences. One methoxyarylpropylene formed sequences that were soft and flexible, whereas the other gave sequences that were hard. A third sequence type, consisting of relatively short ethylene−ethylene blocks, was crystalline in nature. "The polymer's excellent elastomeric and self-healing properties are due to the formation of this nanoscale three-dimensional network," says Hou. The long, soft sections form a highly flexible matrix, within which are hard and crystalline sections that rapidly re-aggregate after the material is cut, thereby self-healing any damage. This polymerization method using a scandium catalyst offers many avenues for further polymer development. "We anticipate our approach will enable additional functions to be easily incorporated into this novel class of self-healing polymer," says Hou. "And we expect our self-healing mechanism will guide the design and creation of various new self-healing polymers through microstructural control."

-Shiv Prakash

-02/03/2022

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Tianfu Exhibition Hall, Chengdu City

Tianfu Exhibition Hall, Chengdu City Modern Building Development, Chinese Architecture Images

Tianfu Exhibition Hall, Chengdu City

23 Jul 2021

Architects: AAI – Monster LAB

Location: Chengdu, China

Tianfu Exhibition Hall, Chengdu City

Definition: Tianfu “Stage” Monster Lab, the new creative studio of AAI International Architecture, won a national design competition for the Chengdu Merchants Urban Planning Exhibition Hall in the New District of Tianfu. As the first exhibition hall and demonstrative project to be built in Tianfu, the project will bear witness to the new area’s progression from empty fields to an economically prosperous urban district, characterized by new skyscrapers and a culturally diverse populace.

Through “refining traditional achievements and expressing future excellence”, we hope that this building, with its mission of showcasing the district’s timeline, will be compatible with Chengdu’s cultural past and speak to the future possibilities of urban development here.

The concept of “stage” came from the fact that in today’s China, new cities are springing up everywhere, with each one advertised as being at the forefront of urban planning concepts. But where is the root of these new cities? We decided to find the answer in the ancient city.

The framework of the building was born out of the theatre, a common public building type in old Chengdu. Typically in these theatres, in the middle of the laneway, under its eaves, the stage space and the overhead space overlap with each other. This forms a dual interaction with the city and spectators: performance and participation (the “stage space” acts as the container of the performance, while the “overhead space” ensures the road below is easily accessible).

We have abstractly interpreted these elements and incorporated a contemporary visual language to renew this spatial structure. In response to the needs of the client, the building has been equally divided into three volumes to exhibit future planning, future business, and future life, respectively. At the intersection of the three volumes, we have designed a shared space called the “Tianfu Stage”. It draws people in and through to overlook a magnificent view of the new city, in accordance with the structural logic of the “stage space” and “overhead space”.

At the same time, people watching the scenery from the “stage” also become “dancers”, being potentially seen from the landscape outside the building. A public observatory has been placed overtop the “stage”, allowing visitors to see higher and farther from the commanding heights of the building.

Site Response: Frame “A city is an ‘ecosystem’ in which the buildings are the animals or plants inhabiting it.” In Monster Lab’s design philosophy, architecture should have vitality, take root like a tree, and absorb the “sunlight, air, and nutrients” of the place, in order to give growth to a unique appearance. This is exactly the approach taken for the design of the Tianfu Stage.

As the project is located east of the CBD (Central Business District) within a green landscape corridor, the site provides an excellent view of the complex cityscape of towers to its west. Taking the pre-existing landscape into account, our design process first assesses existing sightlines, and then rotates and folds each functional volume, in order to arrive at the ideal relationship between people in and around the building, and the scenery surrounding it. Architecture is about defining viewing opportunities and behavior, just as painting is about frames – constraining a boundary and drawing attention to the most essential content. The scenery of the new city is fluid. In “framing” it, we hope to preview its future form, echo and interact with it, and grow together.

We closely follow the planned form of the urban skyline to constrain the height and overall dimensions of the three building volumes. Within the frame of the “stage”, we may witness both the city and the skyline gradually developing into a comprehensive whole, in which the “stage” will be an active part. This is a building derived from and rooted in its place: its design logic is adapted to align with the presence of the surrounding scenery, and the presence of people.

The building also prioritizes visitors’ field of vision in regards to its facade treatment: the areas with better east and west views are clad with large glass curtain walls, while the north and south walls are solid. While the virtual and real coexist, the design suggests a temporary abandonment of redundant interference, allowing the “real” to take priority and letting one’s attention/ line of sight to be focused again.

Chengdu is a city where recreation and enjoying the pleasures of life are commonplace, and its unique climate makes its outdoor spaces particularly well suited for leisurely activities. In the “Tianfu Stage”, we designed an outdoor cinema based on the south-facing solid wall and the landscape space adjacent to it – providing visitors and viewers with multiple participation possibilities, injecting new energy and potential into the architecture and the future development of Chengdu.

Vision: Pull back the “Curtain” Where there is a stage, there will also be a curtain. It represents a pivotal state of “beginning”: the curtain has not yet risen, the lights are dim, and there is no sound; when the curtain goes up, everything that unfolds onstage draws people into a vivid experience, seemingly real and completely immersive. “Tianfu Stage” is based on a new origin of the city, so naturally it follows it also has a “curtain”.

On either side of the “stage”, folded glass façades act as its “curtain”. Their folding forms echo the face-changing folding fan of Chengdu’s characteristic Sichuan Opera. The unique shifting angles of the façades breaks up the scenery reflected on the glass, producing a dramatic kaleidoscope-like effect, allowing the space to “change face” and create surprising patterns for visitors walking past.

In addition, the inwardly inclined cantilevered glass façade forms an ecological self-shading system. There is no need for curtains on the interior, giving people within a free, unencumbered view of the scenery around the building all year round – furthering our intent to have the design take its place within the ecological concept of the park city.

Today, the “Tianfu Stage” has been returned to the city, the public, and time. It will serve as an important public space in the area, acting as a real “stage”- waiting to be filled with interior design, and rejuvenated by human activity and society. Urban life and collective memory are reshaped by the project, given different faces by the growth of the city and landscape… The design completes the space here, with all of its aspects realized to ensure long lasting value to the city and its populace.

Chengdu Merchants Urban Planning Exhibition Hall in the New District of Tianfu – Building Information

Project Location：Yazhou Road, Tianfu Park, Tianfu New District, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province Project Status: Built Architecture Design: AAI – Monster LAB Principle Architects: Zhenfu Zhao, Han Wang Project Director: Qing Sun, Wenqian Jin Design Team : Song Yu、Jie Fang、Zhaomin Cui、Xianfa Wu、Haiying Wang、Wan Wei、Yongqiang Chen、Xingyuan Wu、Meiqing Xue Project Type: Architecture Design Design Period: 2019.10 – 2020.4 Construction Period: 2020.0 – 2020.12 Site Area: 17,929sqm Gross floor area (m2)：9017.5㎡ Interior space area (m2)：9017.5㎡ Client & Investor: (CMSK) Glass facade：Xinyi Glass Lift: KONE Elevator Steal structure: YIYU STEEL STRUCTURE Total Budget: 100 Million RMB

Article Author: Susanna Bai

About the architects Zhenfu Zhao Bachelor of Architecture, Tongji University National First-Class Certified Architect Chief Architect of AAI – Monster Lab

Han Wang Bachelor of Architecture, Zhengzhou University Master of Architecture, Bauhaus School of Architecture, Dessau, Germany Chief Architect of AAI – Monster Lab

About AAI – Monster Lab The city is conceived in the language of architecture, one cannot speak of architecture without the city We believe that the city is an enormous ecosystem, like those in nature, and architecture an “organism” that is bred and grown in this specific ecological environment The differences in various environments create the uniqueness of each building For people, the scale of a building is immense, similar to a massive creature in a monster film, its “belly” filled with various characters We must thoroughly research for each “monster”, to find their best way to dwell in the city Let the city accept it, so that people like it This is our understanding of architecture and cities This is why our team is called Monster Lab, and why we created the Monster Research Institute

Photography： xf photography，INTERPRETATION & SUBLIMATION，LUAN

Tianfu Exhibition Hall, Chengdu City images / information received 230721

Location: 5 Xiyu Street, Qingyang District, Chengdu, 610031, China Phone: +86-28-6521-6666

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Enzyme May Help Bacteria Become Craftier and More Dangerous

Enzyme May Help Bacteria Become Craftier and More Dangerous

Virginia Tech researchers have discovered a new role for an enzyme that is well-known for fueling chemical reactions in bacterial cells.

The enzyme, an ATPase known as PilB, is part of a biological chain reaction that allows bacteria to respond to changes in the environment.

The finding, published in Scientific Reports, will help scientists betterunderstand how dangerous bacteria, such as…

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Effect of internal oxidation on the interfacial morphology and residual stress in air plasma sprayed thermal barrier coatings

Publication date: 25 January 2018 Source:Surface and Coatings Technology, Volume 334 Author(s): Jishen Jiang, Zhonghua Zou, Weizhe Wang, Xiaofeng Zhao, Yingzheng Liu, Zhaomin Cao Significant internal oxidation was found in air plasma sprayed (APS) thermal barrier coating (TBC) samples with double-layered high velocity oxy-fuel (HVOF) NiCoCrAlY bond coats. The volumetric fraction of internal oxides within the bond coat increased from 5% to 38% during 799h isothermal exposure at 1150°C, indicating significant swelling of the internal oxides. This swelling behavior not only significantly increases the thickness of the bond coat layer from 175μm to 260μm, but also probably elevates the risk of interfacial failure in the TBCs, due to the roughness change at the interface and the huge residual stress generated. Thus, different finite element (FE) models were established to understand the role of the internal oxides in interfacial morphology and residual stress. The internal oxidation behavior was modeled on experimental results. The FE results showed that although the internal oxidation only slightly increased the interfacial roughness, significant changes were found in the patterns of the stress component S22 and the interfacial normal stress along the interface, increasing the risk of micro-cracks and changing the crack locations. Read more from Journal of Safety Research http://ift.tt/2jnfSwj

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The impact of age on complications, survival, and cause of death following colon cancer surgery

The impact of age on complications, survival, and cause of death following colon cancer surgery

British Journal of Cancer 116, 389 (31 January 2017). doi:10.1038/bjc.2016.421

Authors: Christopher T Aquina, Supriya G Mohile, Mohamedtaki A Tejani, Adan Z Becerra, Zhaomin Xu, Bradley J Hensley, Reza Arsalani-Zadeh, Francis P Boscoe, Maria J Schymura, Katia Noyes, John RT Monson & Fergal J Fleming

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[materialsscienceandengineering]

A robust self-healing polymer made from a common chemical

Material scientists at RIKEN have created a self-healing polymer by using an off-the-shelf compound for the first time. The strategy they used is promising for improving the durability and minimizing the environmental impact of various commercial polymers for a wide range of applications.

Polymers capable of healing themselves when damaged would last longer and thus reduce costs and the burden on the environment. Current strategies for producing self-healing polymers mainly employ reversible chemical reactions, but this usually entails complex synthesis processes. Furthermore, self-healing mechanisms based on chemical reactions may not work in certain environments such as in water and acidic and alkaline solutions.

Ideally, material scientists would like to produce polymers that self-heal under a wide range of conditions, from readily available materials, using simple synthesis processes.

Polyolefins, which include polyethylene and polypropylene, are the most ubiquitous synthetic polymer in the world. "Polyolefins are all around us; they are used for food packaging, clothing, automobiles and electronic and medical devices," says Zhaomin Hou of the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science. "Making self-healable polyolefins would enhance the lifetime, safety, and environmental impact of materials used in many applications."

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