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Ancient Weaving Inspires Next-Gen Metamaterials for Robotics and Engineering
Ancient Weaving Inspires Next-Gen Metamaterials for Robotics and Engineering Engineers at the University of Michigan have turned to a 7,500-year-old craft for inspiration, creating woven metamaterials...
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DuAlumin‑3D Breaks Boundaries in Automotive and Aerospace Materials
DuAlumin‑3D Breaks Boundaries in Automotive and Aerospace Materials From Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s labs to the engine bays and fuselages of the future, DuAlumin‑3D is redefining what aluminium a...
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How Modern Metal Designs Are Shaping Everyday Spaces
How Modern Metal Designs Are Shaping Everyday Spaces Have you ever considered how the materials in your home or workspace influence the way you feel and interact with your surroundings? Metals, partic...
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Rugged Style Meets Real-World Durability with Toyoda Gosei METEOCOAT
Rugged Style Meets Real-World Durability with Toyoda Gosei METEOCOAT Off-road vehicles face a constant barrage of dust, grit, and flying debris, leaving their exteriors vulnerable to visible scratches...
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Unlocking the Secrets of Polymer Aging for a Sustainable Future
Unlocking the Secrets of Polymer Aging for a Sustainable Future Polymers are the workhorses of modern materials science, embedded in everything from life-saving medical devices to high-performance aer...
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Hydrogen Breakthrough Could Revolutionise Green Metal Production
Hydrogen Breakthrough Could Revolutionise Green Metal Production A pioneering study from Binghamton University and Brookhaven National Laboratory is challenging decades-old assumptions in the world of...
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Eco-Conscious Strength with Lightweight Geopolymer Concrete in FRP Columns
Eco-Conscious Strength with Lightweight Geopolymer Concrete in FRP Columns In the ongoing narrative of sustainable construction, the combination of lightweight, eco-friendly geopolymer concrete and fi...
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Concrete That Heals Itself with Bacteria could Transform the Built Environment
Concrete That Heals Itself with Bacteria could Transform the Built Environment Concrete may be the backbone of our cities, roads and bridges, but it’s not invincible. Over time, exposure to temperatur...
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Paving the Way for a Stronger, Greener Future with Compression-Cast Concrete
Paving the Way for a Stronger, Greener Future with Compression-Cast Concrete A new era in concrete technology could be on the horizon, thanks to an innovative approach that promises both strength and...
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The Best In Situ Construction Methods for a Lunar Future
The Best In Situ Construction Methods for a Lunar Future As humanity inches closer to establishing a permanent presence beyond Earth, the focus of lunar exploration is shifting from short-term visits...
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Red Stag Wins Full Sweep in Scotland Excel Bitumen Framework
Red Stag Wins Full Sweep in Scotland Excel Bitumen Framework Red Stag Materials has chalked up a significant milestone in public procurement, securing a place across all four Lots in the highly compet...
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ADB’s Bold Push for Sustainable Critical Mineral Supply Chains
ADB’s Bold Push for Sustainable Critical Mineral Supply Chains As the global economy pivots toward decarbonisation and digitalisation, the demand for critical minerals has skyrocketed. These are...
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Electric Charge Shapes the Future of Smart Materials
Electric Charge Shapes the Future of Smart Materials A quiet revolution is brewing in the realm of materials science, and it all begins with a twist—literally. Researchers from the University of Vienn...
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The Rapid Rise of a Man-Made Sedimentary Rock Born from Waste
The Rapid Rise of a Man-Made Sedimentary Rock Born from Waste In a twist worthy of a geological thriller, scientists have unearthed a brand-new type of sedimentary rock formed from the unlikeliest of...
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Extracting Gold Sustainably from Ore and E‑Waste
Extracting Gold Sustainably from Ore and E‑Waste Gold’s role in technology, aerospace and finance is indisputable, but extracting it comes at a high environmental price. Traditional mining relies heav...
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Single-step Steelmaking Technology for Cheaper and Sustainable Steel
Single-step Steelmaking Technology for Cheaper and Sustainable Steel Steel has shaped civilisation for over three centuries, yet the process of making it has barely budged. Despite its critical role i...
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Waste Not, Want Not – Tackling the Construction Waste Crisis
Waste Not, Want Not – Tackling the Construction Waste Crisis The construction industry is grappling with a waste crisis of colossal proportions. From concrete chunks and timber offcuts to mounta...
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How Recycled Glass Blocks are Reinventing Construction
How Recycled Glass Blocks are Reinventing Construction Sustainability in construction is no longer a fringe idea. It’s a necessity. Amid the growing urgency to decarbonise the built environment,...
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WJ Unveils RapidLine Instant-Curing Road Markings
WJ Unveils RapidLine Instant-Curing Road Markings WJ Group, the UK’s leading road safety and marking specialist, has taken the spotlight at the recent LCRIG Innovation Festival with the launch o...
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What Material Gives the Best Head Protection on the Job?
What Material Gives the Best Head Protection on the Job? In the construction industry, there are no second chances when it comes to brain injuries. Whether you’re standing on scaffolding, operat...
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Smart Cement to Generate Power from the Pavement and Store the Energy
Smart Cement to Generate Power from the Pavement and Store the Energy Concrete has long been the workhorse of modern civilisation. From motorways to megacities, it’s laid the very foundations of...
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Vitrified Clay Pipes Prove the Smart Choice for Long-Term Sewer Investment
Vitrified Clay Pipes Prove the Smart Choice for Long-Term Sewer Investment When it comes to building sewer systems that last, the construction industry has long grappled with the balance between initi...
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The Rise of Eco-Friendly Building Materials
The Rise of Eco-Friendly Building Materials The construction industry has been undergoing a green revolution for a good few years, finding ingenious ways to replace traditional materials with sustaina...
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Ancient Japanese Paving Technology Reborn to Fix Modern Road Infrastructure
Ancient Japanese Paving Technology Reborn to Fix Modern Road Infrastructure In the remote highlands of Meru, Kenya, seasonal downpours once left rural roads gutted with mud and potholes. Farmers found...
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Lucy Zodion Lighting the Way Forward with the HAWK3 Smart Photocell
Lucy Zodion Lighting the Way Forward with the HAWK3 Smart Photocell Lucy Zodion, the Yorkshire-based pioneer in street lighting and smart city infrastructure, has lifted the curtain on its latest inno...
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Fungi, Filaments and the Future of Materials
Fungi, Filaments and the Future of Materials What if the building materials of tomorrow sprouted from the forest floor? It sounds like something out of a sci-fi novel, but the microscopic secrets hidd...
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Asphalt Overlays and the Driveway Renaissance
Asphalt Overlays and the Driveway Renaissance Driveways, whether leading to suburban homes in the United States or villas nestled in the hills of Tuscany, endure a lot. Sun, rain, frost, oil stains, a...
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Smarter Structures with Self-Sensing Composite Bars
Smarter Structures with Self-Sensing Composite Bars In the world of construction, there are few challenges more pressing than ensuring the long-term safety and performance of reinforced concrete (RC)...
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Shape-Shifting Perovskites Pave the Way for Smarter Solar and Lighting Tech
Shape-Shifting Perovskites Pave the Way for Smarter Solar and Lighting Tech There’s a quiet transformation taking place in labs that could have a profound impact on the future of solar energy and smar...
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Reinventing Polypropylene with a Smart Shell for Cold Toughness
Reinventing Polypropylene with a Smart Shell for Cold Toughness In a world driven by materials innovation, a fresh approach to an old challenge has emerged from China. Polypropylene (PP), the go-to th...
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Magnetic Surprise Could Spark a Revolution in Quantum Tech
Magnetic Surprise Could Spark a Revolution in Quantum Tech In a quiet lab at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities, a research team has made a breakthrough that could change the game for quantum com...
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Transforming Asphalt in the Age of Climate Pressure
Transforming Asphalt in the Age of Climate Pressure Asphalt – the black, tarry substance binding our roads – lies at the intersection of two defining challenges of our time: the race to build and main...
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Unlocking Molecular Potential to Reshape Materials Science
Unlocking Molecular Potential to Reshape Materials Science After decades of synthetic struggles, researchers have cracked one of organic chemistry’s most elusive puzzles. Scientists from Waseda...
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Supercharging Aluminium with Next-Gen Alloys
Supercharging Aluminium with Next-Gen Alloys In the global race to decarbonise, the spotlight has firmly landed on hydrogen. As a clean, high-energy fuel with the potential to revolutionise transport,...
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SoilDri SEM Range Paving the Way for Greener, Smarter Trench Reinstatement
SoilDri SEM Range Paving the Way for Greener, Smarter Trench Reinstatement In a sector that’s under pressure to cut waste, lower emissions, and speed up delivery, SoilDri has launched its SEM Range —...
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Turning Sludge into Strength for a Concrete Revolution in Sustainable Sewers
Turning Sludge into Strength for a Concrete Revolution in Sustainable Sewers In a bold step toward cleaner infrastructure and greener construction practices, engineers from the University of South Aus...
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Shaping the Invisible with 3D and 4D Printing of Electromagnetic Metamaterials
Shaping the Invisible with 3D and 4D Printing of Electromagnetic Metamaterials In a world increasingly shaped by electromagnetic technologies, the materials behind the scenes are finally stepping into...
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Brazil is Turning Sugarcane Waste into Stronger and Greener Asphalt
Brazil is Turning Sugarcane Waste into Stronger and Greener Asphalt Brazil is quietly spearheading a revolution in sustainable infrastructure by turning sugarcane waste into roads. In an innovative tw...
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Heidelberg Materials UK Breaks Ground with Tufflayer BBA HAPAS Approval
Heidelberg Materials UK Breaks Ground with Tufflayer BBA HAPAS Approval In a landmark move for the UK’s road construction industry, Heidelberg Materials UK has made history as the first asphalt...
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Purpose-Built Bitumen MEST Bitutainer Storage from TEC sets a New Standard
Purpose-Built Bitumen MEST Bitutainer Storage from TEC sets a New Standard As infrastructure demands grow more complex, so too does the chemistry of the materials that bind it together. From polymer-m...
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How Material Choices Shape Modern Environments
How Material Choices Shape Modern Environments In the age of conscious design and sustainability, the materials we choose to build, furnish and finish our environments have never mattered more. From t...
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African Mining Week 2025 to Ignite Investment and Innovation
African Mining Week 2025 to Ignite Investment and Innovation The global push toward a low-carbon economy is creating a rush for critical minerals, and Africa is sitting on a goldmine—quite literally....
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Lyten’s 3D Graphene Supermaterial Supercharging Motorsports
Lyten’s 3D Graphene Supermaterial Supercharging Motorsports When it comes to motorsports, every gram matters and every fraction of a second counts. Enter Lyten Motorsports, a bold new venture fr...
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Blueprints for a Cleaner Tomorrow – Rethinking Industry Layer by Layer
Blueprints for a Cleaner Tomorrow – Rethinking Industry Layer by Layer Think of a world where machines no longer belch out smoke but hum quietly in clean, modular spaces. Where the blueprint for...
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Global Bitumen Meets the Belt and Road at Qingdao Asphalt Matchmaking Event
Global Bitumen Meets the Belt and Road at Qingdao Asphalt Matchmaking Event This June, China’s bustling port city of Qingdao will once again take centre stage in the international construction m...
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Asphalt Group Paving the way with Real-Time Asphalt Emissions Tracking
Asphalt Group Paving the way with Real-Time Asphalt Emissions Tracking The road to net zero just got a lot more navigable, thanks to an industry-first partnership between Asphalt Group and Asphalt-IQ....
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Forging the Future with Foundation Alloy to Spark a US Manufacturing Renaissance
Forging the Future with Foundation Alloy to Spark a US Manufacturing Renaissance The United States might just be on the verge of an industrial renaissance, thanks to an audacious tech startup from Bos...
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Tunnel Safety Gets a Bold Upgrade on India’s Samruddhi Expressway
Tunnel Safety Gets a Bold Upgrade on India’s Samruddhi Expressway India’s infrastructure story is accelerating at a breath-taking pace, with bold projects reshaping the nation’s transport backbo...
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Concrete Decay and Bacteria Eating Away Tunnel Infrastructure
Concrete Decay and Bacteria Eating Away Tunnel Infrastructure Deep beneath the mountains and seas, where road tunnels weave their way through rocky terrain and under seabeds, a slow but relentless att...
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Understanding Galvanic Metal Corrosion
Understanding Galvanic Metal Corrosion Ever encountered unexpected rust or corrosion despite meticulous planning and careful choice of materials? You’re not alone. The galvanic series, an often...
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