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Thu 01 Jan 2010Mixing up smart fluids and killing off malaria
A PROJECT on building safety carried out by three students from Marist College, Athlone, Co Westmeath, looks at “smart fluids” that can help prevent building collapse in an earthquake.
Darren Allen, Mark Bass and Emmet Donnelly, three 16-year-old fifth-year students were looking at magnetorheological fluids (MR fluids), liquids that, when exposed to a magnetic field, change instantly from liquid to solid. There are a number of “smart fluids”, explained Emmet, some of which when struck by a force become solid.
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