Lightweight Perlite Composites Offer Sustainable Path for Smart Cities
New research demonstrates that expanded perlite composites can provide lightweight, resource-efficient solutions for sustainable building and smart urban infrastructure.
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Straw Could Build 300,000 UK Homes a Year While Locking Away Carbon
New University of Bath research shows the UK's 9.9 million tonnes of annual straw surplus could supply up to 300,000 ...
Open BIM workflow weighs carbon against circularity in building design
Researchers have built a deterministic IFC-based workflow that evaluates whole-building material choices for both embodied carbon and circularity, reducing 150 ...
Bamboo Rings Meet Fiber Cement in Lightweight Sandwich Panels for Greener Walls
Researchers in Brazil have engineered lightweight sandwich panels combining bamboo-ring cores, fiber cement facings, and a bio-based castor-oil polyurethane adhesive, ...
Qatar’s Radiation Landscape: Soils Stay Safe While Oil-Field Sludge Raises Red Flags
A systematic review of four decades of measurements shows Qatar's soils, sediments, and building materials pose minimal radiological risk, while ...
Wood Buildings Could Halve Construction Emissions, Danish Study Finds
A new Danish study projects that a full transition to wood-based construction could nearly halve greenhouse gas emissions from new ...
Scientists Weigh Every Building on Earth to Reveal the Most Material-Efficient City Design
A new global study weighing 606 million buildings reveals that dense cities of uniformly short buildings use construction materials most ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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