Concrete is one of the quiet foundations of modern life, yet it is also one of the dirtiest materials humanity produces. A new generation of bio-concrete aims to flip that script, using living ...

Scientists in Germany have successfully turned urine into bio-concrete, as part of a project aiming to revolutionize sustainable construction by creating building materials from waste. The research ...

Fraunhofer researchers have developed a method of creating biogenic construction materials based on cyanobacteria. The bacteria multiply in a nutrient solution, driven by photosynthesis. When ...

As pedestrians head down Halsted Street in the Fulton Market district, a spiral structure in the middle of the Mews Pedway invites them to walk toward its center. At a glance, the coil seems to have ...

Imagine a world where sidewalks never crack and potholes never form. Sounds like something straight out of a utopian sci-fi novel, right? Well, thanks to a team of microbiologists led by Henk Jonkers ...

Microbiologists in the Netherlands have created a concrete with a "healing agent" that allows it to repair itself CC A new type of concrete has been developed that has the ability to repair itself in ...