(Nanowerk News) The air quality in underground road tunnels tends to be worse than in other road environments due to the poor air circulation. To address this issue, researchers at the Korea Institute ...

A bridge spanning a major road in Barcelona will be coated in photocatalytic concrete, allowing it to "eat" pollution. The material uses energy from the sun to break down polluted air into little more ...

Chicago lines Blue Island Avenue with the new cement. Via Design Build Source There are many sustainable technologies designers can utilize these days to make a project more Earth- and people-friendly ...

The latest air-purifying building is brought to you by 9,000 square meters of photocatalytic concrete. Buildings are capable of a lot more than simply covering our heads. They can collect enough ...

More than two years after the grand opening of the Richard Meier-designed Jubilee Church in Rome, the structure’s triple-shell concrete façade appears as gleamingly white as the day the church opened ...

Jack has a degree in Medical Genetics from the University of Leicester.View full profile Jack has a degree in Medical Genetics from the University of Leicester. A new type of light-activated concrete ...

The new I-35W St. Anthony Falls Bridge in the Twin Cities replaces the one that collapsed so tragically a year ago. In addition to adding 76 feet of width, increasing the bridge to 10 lanes with ...

Some of the fastest-growing jobs in the world deal with how to make technologies that do not to pollute the environment. There is plenty of research that shows more disease and illnesses in cities ...

The bridge, complete with plant-covered walls and smog-eating concrete, will actually be a desirable place to linger. Walking across a pedestrian overpass is usually a little like spending time in a ...

Concrete is hardly what you would think of as an environmentally friendly material, but it could be one way of combatting global warming – assuming you use the right type. Researchers at Eindhoven ...