Stanford University researchers have developed a new solution to fight wildfires and protect homes.
They said their new sprayable gel technology can protect homes against wildfires, transforming into a solid air bubble shield of protection.Changxin 'Lyla' Dong is a third-year PhD candidate at Stanford . She has always been passionate about science ever since she was a child. It's that passion that brought her to Stanford .Dong remembered her breakthrough first year when her lab made an incredible discovery. She called it, 'serendipity.
'We were able to show that if you take a torch and you put it right on the gel, that the gel poofs up into a silica-like foam and so that was surprising,' said Appel. 'We really had no idea what to expect.'Dong demonstrated and showed how the gel protected the wood.She explained, 'When you see the inside, it's like a big air pocket. It's like a solid air bubble. When you carefully remove it, you can see the wood is intact.
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