Science Bakes a Safer Soccer Ball
NYU: Peering Inside the 2014 Brazil World Cup’s Brazuca Ball
Since 1970, Adidas has been designing new soccer balls for every World Cup, many incorporating materials and technologies that were innovative advances for their time.
https://www.livescience.com/46299-microscopic-analysis-brazuca-world-cup-ball.html
Finding the Strength to Reach the Ocean’s Furthest Depths
https://www.livescience.com/45336-submarine-super-foams.html
NIkhil Gupta — Inspired to Ask Questions and Explore to Improve Life | Video
Seeking a Safer Future for Electricity’s Coal Ash Waste
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/110815-safer-ways-to-reycle-fly-ash-from-coal
Science of the Summer Olympics: Engineering in Sports
The series delves into the biomechanics of athletes, and how technology builds on human achievement.
https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=124802
Research Applies Fly Ash to Composite Metals
Composite metal foams made with fly ash can save weight and cost in components such as engine and wheel covers and intake manifolds, according to NYU Polytechnic Institute research.
https://wardsintelligence.informa.com/wi024653/research-applies-fly-ash-to-composite-metals
Fly ash: From toxic by-product to nearly-free metal replacement
Swapping out the expensive metals in car parts and lamp posts for a nearly-free coal burning by-product could save the environment and save money.
https://www.zdnet.com/article/fly-ash-from-toxic-by-product-to-nearly-free-metal-replacement/
Will the Car of the Future Be Made from Coal Ash?
Coal waste could provide a strong, lightweight material for car manufacturers
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/will-car-of-future-made-from-coal-ash/