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Martin Zhu

Jun 10, 2026

0:32
It also emits body heat at a wavelength that passes through what scientists call the atmospheric window, a natural gap where heat escapes to space with no energy required.
0:43
Plus the special, uh, wavelength emitted from its body from 8 to 30 micron wavelength, and this wavelength can just pass through our atmosphere so that it can just create a cooling performance without any energy input.
0:55
Zhu replicated the heat-emitting process of the ant with engineered nanoparticles embedded in paint and windows.
1:02
So we did a case in Hong Kong, uh, in a bus.
1:05
That's this, uh, double-deck bus.
1:07
Then we applied the material on the, uh, roof of the b- of the bus and also the film to the bus windows.
1:13
Then they can save seven liter of the diesel for every round trip between the Hong Kong airport and the city downtown.

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