Using intricate geometry found in nature and refined through aerospace and biomedical design, scientists have now 3D-printed ...

Imagine you've just gotten to Mars as part of the first contingent of settlers. Your first challenge: build a long-term habitat using local materials. Those might include water from the polar caps ...

Compliance with green building standards: Many building certification programs, such as LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) and BREEAM (Building Research Establishment Environmental ...

Long valued for use in building materials, it cropped up in Roman concrete, which was “used by Romans to build the Pantheon, which is nearly 1,000 years old and has a self-supporting oculus at ...

Back in 2021, researchers came up with a recipe for greener concrete that had building waste and CO2 among its ingredients. Now the same team has used rubble from a demolished school and the ...

Concrete is Earth’s second-most-used material behind water, creating about four times more CO2 emissions than planes. Some companies are trying to revolutionize the industry.