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On the cover: The rising in the popularity of big data, artificial intelligence, and simulation technologies has opened up new opportunities for the development of our society. The close integration of real and artificial societies has become a trend, bringing in novel concepts such as parallel society and metaverse. The artificial society system describes, predicts, and guides the real society system, in a closed-loop, iterative, and spiral-rising way, forming a new mode of social operation driven by Data-AI-Simulation techniques. In the future, with the further development of interdisciplinary cooperation and the continuous advancement of technologies, living in metaverse is within reach. |
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Position: Home > issue > September 13, 2022 Volume 3, Issue 5 |
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Anti-icing strategies are on the way |
Category: Editorial Download: PDF Figure Endnote |
Author: Zhiyuan He, Jianjun Wang |
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Combinations of active and passive anti-icing approaches have true versatility and prominent performance in practical anti-icing applications
Ice and snow coat more than 50% of the Northern Hemisphere of our planet in winter and are essential to atmosphere, geology, and life on Earth. However, undesired ice formation on solid surface with different forms, i.e., frost, snow, glaze, and rime, always causes severe energy and safety issues. Ice accretion poses serious problems for dams and locks, aircrafts, express trains, air conditioners, refrigerators, wind turbines, solar panels, power lines, suspension bridges, heat pumps, and offshore oil platforms.

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