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Location: Cambridge, United States
In the 2,000 or so years since the Roman Empire employed a naturally
occurring form of cement to build a vast system of concrete aqueducts and other
large edifices, researchers have analyzed the molecular structure of natural
materials and...
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Location: Cambridge, United States
MIT civil engineers have for the first time identified what causes the most frequently used building material on earth -- concrete -- to gradually deform, decreasing its durability and shortening the lifespan of infrastructures such as bridges and...
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Location: NY, United States
A new research discovery at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute could lead to
tougher, more durable composite frames for aircraft, watercraft, and
automobiles.
Epoxy composites are increasingly being incorporated into the design of...
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Location: Lund, Sweden
Mould toxins in buildings damaged by moisture are considerably more prevalent than was previously thought, according to new international research. Erica Bloom from the Division of Medical Microbiology at Lund University in Sweden has contributed...
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Location: Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego, United States
Black carbon, a form of particulate air pollution most often
produced from biomass burning, cooking with solid fuels and diesel exhaust, has
a warming effect in the atmosphere three to four times greater than prevailing...
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Location: Purdue University, United States
A newly defined biochemical pathway in plants may provide the
scientific tools to design plants that will yield larger quantities of
alternative transportation fuels than currently can be produced, according to
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