Constructions
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In Australia the first tests on cement enriched with coffee grounds
RMIT research has produced the world’s first real-life experiment for cement enriched with coffee grounds
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How to fight the heat in the house with transparent metamaterial
Created a polymer-based microfotonic metamaterial that allows light diffusion and radiative cooling,maintaining a high level of transparency. And he cleans…
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Zinc and lignin battery, stable for 8000 cycles
A new polymer salt electrolyte succeeds in increasing the performance of zinc-lignin batteries, providing cyclic life, greater stability and charge…
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Integrated photovoltaic blinds for the skyscrapers of tomorrow
From a Chinese research comes a new photovoltaic building envelope - integrated dynamic and vertical - that could give a…
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From the ETH comes the solar simulator to test the “skin” of buildings in any condition
It is operative and ready to amaze the "solar simulator" realized inside the Zero Carbon Building Systems Lab of the…
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How to prevent buildings collapse by training the AI’s “neural network”
From Drexel University comes the neural network trained to recognize cracks and cracks invisible to the human eye, transforming the…
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Coconuts increase the Concrete strength
Adding only 5% of coconut shell fragments increases concrete’s resistance to compression and bending
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From the USA the dynamic window that selectively blocks light and/or heat
A team of engineers has developed a new material that can tune glasses to the block of targeted wavelengths
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Natural fireproof coatings in construction, what if we used fungi?
The natural world helps us protect ourselves from fires (sustainabilityenvironment.com) – Fungi could inaugurate a new class of Natural fireproof…
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Off-grid homes: in Canada a community of 67 villas “detached from the network”
Off-grid homes are not connected to energy and water infrastructure, capable of producing clean energy for all consumption and built…
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