Its raw concrete exterior, modular design and cavernous interior spaces contrast starkly with the historic brick buildings ...

Published in Science Bulletin, the study introduces a composite that mimics the layered stem structure of plants. By aligning cement and PVA hydrogel layers, the material achieves a Seebeck ...

Zhou Yang from the Southeast University has developed a bio-inspired thermoelectric cement with remarkable ... communication devices embedded in smart buildings, intelligent pavements, etc.

Concrete – it is a building material consisting of a binder, an aggregate and water, the first two of which may be of different types and compositions. There are records saying that concrete was ...