Another benefit of using bacteria for concrete is that it can be self-healing, and can replicate itself. Srubar's team found that when they split a brick in two, they could cause the broken brick ...

pebbles or whatever tough material goes into your concrete bricks and sidewalks. But its production creates more carbon emissions than all the airplanes and ships in the world. Manufacture a ton ...

But its mechanical properties are more similar to mortar, a weaker material usually made with cement and sand and found between the bricks of buildings, says Srubar. It isn’t yet as strong as ...

Mushrooms are good for more than just pizza toppings: A growing number of eco-minded entrepreneurs are looking at the familiar fungi as an environmentally friendly building material. Engineers are ...

Another culprit? Concrete. The world’s most widely used construction material, concrete plays a significant role in emissions of carbon dioxide, a common greenhouse gas, simply for the sheer ...