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In 2024, Stanford-linked researchers redesigned radiative cooling for vertical walls; the emitter ran 2.5°C below ambient and 8.9°C cooler than white paintA team of researchers has unveiled a groundbreaking material designed to cool building walls effectively. This revolutionary emitter has th...- In 2025, Egyptian researchers mixed eggshell waste into clay bricks to block the walls from absorbing outside heat and transferring it indoors during hot climates; heat transfer dropped 50%Egyptian researchers tested clay bricks containing eggshell waste and found that a 10% eggshell formulation fired at 1,100°C reduced therma...
- A PhD student used shredded baby diapers in a prototype Indonesian house; 27% of its non-structural concrete blocks contained diaper waste, totaling about 3,700 poundsAn extraordinary house in Indonesia has creatively utilized nearly 3,700 pounds of discarded diapers. This unique construction method incor...
- RMIT engineers mixed 1% recycled cigarette butts into fired-clay bricks, and the bricks matched standard strength while cutting firing energy by 10%In Melbourne, engineers are pioneering a groundbreaking technique to integrate discarded cigarette butts into building bricks. This eco-fri...
- No concrete, only boulders: Just 2 hours from Bengaluru, this 2,400 sq ft forest farmstay is built with natural stone, mud blocks, wood and clayLocated in Shoolagiri, this remarkable farmstay near Bengaluru blends natural boulders into its architecture, encouraging an eco-conscious ...
- Xi visits Egypt as China seeks deeper influence across the MideastChinese President Xi Jinping’s Egypt visit is deepening Beijing’s ties with a key US ally while advancing China’s bid for greater Middle Ea...
- By 14, he had taught himself multiple languages and later explained how humans see colour. But his genius mind helped unlock ancient Egypt's lost codeThomas Young was a remarkable 18th-century polymath who knew several languages by the age of 14 and later made important contributions to s...
- Xi’s busiest travel itinerary in seven years is all about TrumpChinese President Xi Jinping is embarking on his busiest foreign travel schedule in more than seven years, visiting Central Asia and Egypt ...
- In 2019, RMIT researchers fired clay bricks mixed with treated sewage sludge; a 25% biosolids batch cut firing energy by 48.6% while passing strength testsResearchers are exploring ways to recycle sewage sludge into building materials. Mixing biosolids into clay significantly cuts the energy n...
- In a 2025 study, researchers fired clay bricks with 10% eggshell powder; thermal conductivity was 50% lower than in untreated bricksInnovators are integrating eggshell waste into fired clay bricks, effectively reducing heat transfer in building structures. By using a 10%...
- In Maine, engineers turn about 1 million scrap tires a year into lightweight highway fill; the shredded rubber stabilizes embankments built on weak marine clayInnovatively transforming shredded tyres into construction materials for highway embankments, Maine tackled substantial waste tyre pileup w...
- UAE has turned desert sand into construction bricks using a new eco-friendly method developed by scientists that doesn't need additional heat to harden and could reduce cement importsResearchers in the UAE have developed construction bricks using abundant desert sand and alkali-activated binders instead of conventional P...
- Shark 'graveyard' found in the Egyptian desert? Ancient Cretaceous-era fossilized teeth reveal evidence of a vast sea that once covered the regionShark 'graveyard' found in the Egyptian desert? Recent findings on Egypt's Abu-Tartur Plateau include fossilized teeth from seven shark spe...
- In 1971, liquefied clay swallowed dozens of homes in a Quebec village and killed 31 people; the surviving population was permanently relocatedFifty years ago, a massive landslide devastated Saint-Jean-Vianney, Quebec, engulfing homes and claiming lives. Unstable soil, saturated by...
- Four bottles were found by archaeologists buried beneath former slave quarters in Virginia. The direction they pointed offered an intriguing clueDuring renovations at Arlington House, construction workers stumbled upon four glass bottles hidden beneath the floor. After investigation ...
- Utah's mountains have a hidden glacier that looks just like a pile of rocks from outside but actually contains frozen water as huge as Egypt's Great Pyramid insideUtah's Timpanogos Rock Glacier looks like a rocky pile but conceals a massive ice-rich core. A new study estimates 1.55 million cubic metre...
- A 3,000-year-old Ramesses II inscription sparks fresh mystery over Egypt’s lost city of MasnNew discoveries at Tell Abu Seify offer clues to the ancient city of Masn. A sandstone lintel bearing Ramesses II's titles was found at the...
- A 1,600-year-old Egyptian mummy was found with Homer’s Iliad tucked inside its abdomen. Its purpose remains a mysteryAn intriguing discovery in Egypt revealed an ancient mummy with a papyrus fragment of Homer's Iliad resting on its abdomen. This fragment, ...
- 18 tombs dating back 2,000 years revealed 24 golden tongues inside the mouths of the dead — In 2026, archaeologists uncovered the bizarre purpose behind the ancient Egyptian ritualThe burials date to the Ptolemaic and Roman periods of ancient Egypt, spanning roughly 322 B.C. to A.D. 395. This places the ritual more th...
- India, maybe enter the Bronze age?A statue in Korba, Chhattisgarh, revealed as cement painted bronze, not solid metal. Heavy rains exposed this discrepancy, leading to an of...
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