Epoxy Resin Resists Flames, Reduces Waste

Emergency Management Planning and Assistance researchers have reportedly begun developing an epoxy resin that can be repaired and recycled, in addition to being flame-retardant and mechanica...

Study Looks at Tires for Building Construction

A team from Idaho State University has recently tested how recycled tires used as columns could reinforce buildings, protecting them from natural disasters.

NETL Supports Nanomaterial Technology

International research and development company Universal Matter has reportedly received support from the National Energy Technology Laboratory to further research the development of Flash Jo...

Architectural Charm from a Wright Roof

by Jill M. Speegle

Attention architecture and jewelry lovers! For just shy of $50, you could be the luck...

Inventive Reuse: One Man’s Trash is Another Man’s…House?

by Pamela Simmons

Anyone who appreciates a good beer now and then knows that it can taste like heaven, ...

A research team tested how recycled tires used as columns could reinforce buildings and protect them from natural disasters, finding that the columns using the tires could withstand __ more pressure than the columns that did not use the tires.

REGEN Fiber has reportedly created an eco-friendly process to convert decommissioned ____ into reusable materials for concrete, mortar and other industries.

Earlier this year, researchers transformed a crude oil byproduct, asphaltene, into graphene for thermal, anti-corrosion and 3D printing applications. Do you believe resources recycled from this process could yield other useful coating materials?

A “world-first” project from the University of South Australia is looking at using water treatment sludge to prevent sewer pipes from cracking in the form of self-healing concrete. Do you think this research could prove beneficial for other structures as well?

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