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 ...

During a trip to Thailand on his honeymoon, while swimming above a coral reef, Wil Srubar was thinking about the beauty of nature—but he was also thinking about cement. In the reef, microalgae were ...

Prometheus Materials' blocks, made from algae-derived cement, will hit the market in 2023. Prometheus Materials' blocks, made from algae-derived cement, will hit the market in 2023.Prometheus ...

Engineers are also experimenting with injecting captured carbon dioxide into concrete as well as using aggregates made of carbon dioxide in place of gravel or sand that is mixed into concrete. Humans ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Ivy growing up the side of a home is charming. Green algae growing on the house? Not so much. Algae looks like a plant, it photosynthesizes ...

Concrete road kerbs and drains could be made with algae instead of sand, if a group of Singapore Polytechnic students’ final year project becomes commercially viable. The School of Architecture and ...

Colorado-based Prometheus Materials has developed masonry blocks from a low-carbon cement-like material grown from micro-algae. The blocks, which meet the American Society for Testing and Materials ...

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(THE CONVERSATION) Humans produce more concrete than any other material on the planet. It is the literal foundation of modern civilization – and for good reason. Concrete is strong, durable, ...