Your total cost will depend on factors such as material quality, the size and complexity of your rooms, your subfloor preparation needs and your underlayment requirements. The average total cost ...

Most flooring materials need underlayment to cover imperfections in the subfloor, reduce sound and provide other benefits specific to each type of floor covering. Choosing the right underlay for ...

Since its establishment as the world’s first materials science academic department, Northwestern Engineering has led and defined the frontier of material research, enabling transformative technologies ...

For example, as sheathing and subfloor materials, plywood and OSB are essentially equivalent, but the lower cost of OSB makes ...

"Basements are prone to moisture issues, which can lead to mold growth and wood rot, especially if the subfloor materials are not moisture-resistant. If there's any water infiltration from the ...

Plantd makes carbon-negative building panels from grass. Homebuilder D.R. Horton just ordered 10 million of them.

The bachelor of science in materials science and engineering is broad-based, encompassing a wide range of materials, and enables students to understand the scientific principles that govern the ...

Two-dimensional materials are substances with a thickness of a few nanometres or less. Electrons in these materials are free to move in the two-dimensional plane, but their restricted motion in ...

Students will develop an understanding that objects and materials can be tested to learn about their properties. Students will help plan and conduct different tests on the materials. Students will be ...

PLEASE NOTE: Beginning in January 2021, Volume 36, Journal of Materials Research will be published in alliance with Springer Nature. Any submitted manuscripts currently under review in JMR's ...

Nanoscale materials, or nanomaterials, are materials where at least one relevant length scale is within the range of nanometres. These materials usually have very different properties from their ...

Scientists have developed a new material capable of capturing the harmful chemical benzene from the polluted air, offering a potential solution for tackling a major health and environmental risk.