Crushed-sand mortar enables high-fluidity concrete with lower carbon footprint
A laboratory study developed a mortar-rheology method for making high-fluidity concrete with crushed limestone sand, achieving flows above 600 mm ...
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Ports’ Hidden Carbon Bill: New Model Maps the Road to Maritime Neutrality
A new integrated life cycle assessment and system dynamics study of 214 Chinese port projects finds that material manufacturing drives ...
Southeast Asia’s Hidden Carbon Flows Mapped Like an Ecosystem Food Web
A new study applies ecological network analysis to ASEAN's trade data, revealing a net export of embodied carbon and structural ...
Where the Power Comes From Could Decide the Carbon Cost of Your Concrete
A new spatiotemporal life cycle assessment reveals that China's provincial power grids vary so widely in carbon intensity that the ...
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 ...
Concrete’s Weakest Zone Becomes Its Strongest in Ultra-Low-Cement Mixes
A new study shows that concrete made with up to 80 percent less cement develops a denser, stronger interfacial transition ...
Waste Glass and Rice Husk Ash Activators Cut Concrete Carbon by a Third Without Losing Strength
A systematic analysis of 40 concrete mixes shows that activators synthesized from waste glass and rice husk ash match commercial ...
Glass Meets Plastic: Hybrid Fibres Crack the Code for Low-Carbon Bendable Concrete
Researchers have shown that blending stiff alkali-resistant glass fibres with ductile polyethylene fibres in a low-clinker magnesia-slag binder produces crack-resistant, ...
Green Buildings May Be Fragile: New Framework Reveals Hidden Carbon Cost of Disruption
A new systematic review of 40 building life cycle assessment studies reveals that conventional LCA cannot measure resilience, and proposes ...
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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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