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Researchers make soft wood “hard as steel” 9 February 2018

Researchers make soft wood “hard as steel”
How fungus-infested concrete could heal itself 26 January 2018

How fungus-infested concrete could heal itself
The case for energy-saving retrofits 4 January 2018

The case for energy-saving retrofits
Stretchy cement makes buildings “immune to earthquakes” 19 October 2017

Stretchy cement makes buildings “immune to earthquakes”
Arup suggests using bananas, peanuts and potatoes as building materials 17 October 2017

Arup suggests using bananas, peanuts and potatoes as building materials
Foster + Partners working on drone system to monitor big projects 6 October 2017

Foster + Partners working on drone system to monitor big projects
Bloomberg’s London HQ is ‘most sustainable office building in the world’ 2 October 2017

Bloomberg’s London HQ is ‘most sustainable office building in the world’
New Zealand company system can turn smartphone into “professional surveying instrument” 13 September 2017

New Zealand company system can turn smartphone into “professional surveying instrument”
Los Angeles paints its streets white 24 August 2017

Los Angeles paints its streets white
Company plans to mine the Moon by 2020 13 July 2017

Company plans to mine the Moon by 2020
Plan to turn salt caverns into “world’s largest battery” 10 July 2017

Plan to turn salt caverns into “world’s largest battery”
Arup makes app to predict future of Planet Earth 30 June 2017

Arup makes app to predict future of Planet Earth
Revolutionary Maglev elevator makes debut in Germany 26 June 2017

Revolutionary Maglev elevator makes debut in Germany
China unveils world’s first rail-free, self-driving “train” 7 June 2017

China unveils world’s first rail-free, self-driving “train”
Dutch professor develops simple trick to make roads “self-healing” 31 May 2017

Dutch professor develops simple trick to make roads “self-healing”
Machine learning can “halve payback time” for LED streetlights 26 May 2017

Machine learning can “halve payback time” for LED streetlights
How a blue Peruvian butterfly may help develop the perfect solar cell 19 May 2017

How a blue Peruvian butterfly may help develop the perfect solar cell
Scientists probe how to build roads in a changing climate 26 April 2017

Scientists probe how to build roads in a changing climate
Premium student accommodation in Glasgow made from Chinese “shipping containers” 29 March 2017

Premium student accommodation in Glasgow made from Chinese “shipping containers”
Swedish researchers find way to liquidise solar energy 27 March 2017

Swedish researchers find way to liquidise solar energy
Arup, Ramboll hired for $7.5bn tunnel between Germany and Denmark 22 March 2017

Arup, Ramboll hired for $7.5bn tunnel between Germany and Denmark
World’s first plastic bridge installed in UK 17 March 2017

World’s first plastic bridge installed in UK
Skills-starved Brexit Britain eyes prefab housing 10 March 2017

Skills-starved Brexit Britain eyes prefab housing
Vinci takes stake in French start-up to push large-scale 3D printing 10 February 2017

Vinci takes stake in French start-up to push large-scale 3D printing
Mixed-reality tech to help engineers inspect bridges from their desks 27 January 2017

Mixed-reality tech to help engineers inspect bridges from their desks
Viennese university develops inflatable solution for concrete domes 23 January 2017

Viennese university develops inflatable solution for concrete domes
Qatar workers to get air-con hard hats for sweltering summer work 20 December 2016

Qatar workers to get air-con hard hats for sweltering summer work
Japan develops high-performance rescue robot 14 December 2016

Japan develops high-performance rescue robot
University develops “cockroach cyborgs” to map disaster areas 23 November 2016

University develops “cockroach cyborgs” to map disaster areas
“Conductive concrete” protects against electromagnetic attack 15 November 2016

“Conductive concrete” protects against electromagnetic attack