A team of materials scientists from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich has developed a new “living” material that incorporates cyanobacteria and absorbs carbon dioxide (CO2). Over…
Recent excavations in Shandong Province, eastern China, have revealed that some of the oldest sections of the Great Wall were built 300 years earlier than previously believed by scholars. Archaeologists…
[/caption] When listing the materials used to build a house, you might mention stone, wood, clay, and concrete blocks. You probably won’t forget the latest innovations—plastic materials that are increasingly…