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Processed spent coffee grounds can enhance concrete strength
- Nov, 20, 2023
- Concrete Structures General Civil General Construction Material Reuse Other Structural Sustainable Development News On Publications News On Research / Academia News On Products & Services Other News
- Australia, Melbourne
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
Researchers at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) have recently published a paper which shows that the addition of processed spent coffee grounds to a concrete mix can significantly i...
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MIT engineers create energy-storing cement mixture
- Jul, 31, 2023
- Energy Engineering General Civil General Construction Sustainable Development News On Products & Services News On Research / Academia News On Publications Other News
- United States, Massachusetts, Cambridge
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A paper was published on the last day of July, by a team of MIT researchers, regarding the creation of a cement and carbon black based material which acts as a supercapacitor while being structurally...
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Rare mineral that improves the long-term performance of concrete
Scientists from Nagoya University have detected a rare mineral that improves the mechanical properties of concrete after years of construction. The mineral is known as aluminous tobermorite (A...
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3D-printed buildings using soil material
Researchers have developed a new technique to construct a building using a 3-D printer and soil material. Today, construction and building industries account for almost 40% of the total carbon emis...
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17% carbon emissions reduction during COVID-19 lockdown
According to a new study, global carbon emissions have been reduced by 17% during the lockdown followed by the COVID-19 outburst. The coronavirus pandemic was diagnosed in late 2019 and became an e...
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