When you're skiing down a mountain or driving a car, it helps to be able to see where you're going – but your goggles, glasses and windshield can fog up if there's a difference in temperature or ...

Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed an ultrathin, gold-based transparent coating that is able to convert sunlight into heat. It can be applied to glass and other surfaces to prevent them from ...

“In winter, face masks can lead to fogged glasses. Here, the left lens (right from the reader’s perspective) has the new antifogging nanocoating. The other lens is uncoated.” Photo: ETH Zurich ...

If you wear glasses, you probably know how annoying it is for your lenses to fog up as you sip on a hot beverage or step into a warm and humid environment. Just as frustrating (yet perhaps more ...

Recently, AZoNano spoke with researchers from ETH Zurich about their work that has created a gold nanoparticle coating for antifogging applications on transparent surfaces. Iwan Haechler: My name is ...

We love cars here at Digital Trends, but we don’t love everything about them. Something that’s right at the top of every car owner’s list of things they despise about car ownership? Defrosting a ...

Wherever hot water flows, limescale is never far away. In households, this is a nuisance; in thermal power stations, it’s an expensive problem. Now researchers at ETH Zurich have found an answer. A ...

Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank lifted its position in shares of Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. (NYSE:AXTA – Free Report) by 19.2% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent ...

Crystallization fouling – the accumulation of scale forming on surfaces – occurs in equipment like heat exchangers, condensers, boilers and cooling towers, where thousands of gallons of water are ...

Hot water tanks, washing machines, kettles: limescale forms in every domestic appliance that comes into contact with (hot) water – especially in areas where the water is hard, meaning high in calcium.