Valley company sees demand for fire-resistant building materials
A Valley company that produces fire-resistant building materials says it's seeing increased demand after the recent ...
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Cellular Concrete: Low-carbon Option for Quake Safety?
Investigators have found that a product called cellular concrete may be an environmentally friendly alternative to conventional concrete for constructing earthquake-resistant buildings. In research ...
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Is cellular concrete a viable low-carbon alternative to traditional concrete for earthquake-resistant structures?
Investigators have found that a product called cellular concrete may be an environmentally friendly alternative to conventional concrete for constructing earthquake-resistant buildings.
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Best travel tripods 2025: Lightweight and compact tripods
Want a tripod that is strong enough to steady your camera or binoculars, but which can be taken on the go? We have rounded up the best travel tripods, in time to capture the total lunar eclipse ...
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U.S. officials install rocks along B.C. border in what lawyer calls ‘sign of the times’
Rosario Pete Vasquez, Blaine’s chief patrol agent, said they have installed concrete blocks and rock barriers in several high-traffic areas near the crossing. Boulders have been present along ...
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Scientists have developed concrete that can melt snow on its own
That's the goal of a three-year-long project at Drexel University to develop self-heating concrete, which can keep streets safe from icy conditions while avoiding the environmental and cost ...
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2024 Was the Year of the Lightweight Foundation
We may earn an affiliate commission from links. Was 2024 the year we ditched the heavy, cakey formulas and finally embraced the best lightweight foundation? If we keep in mind the weightless ...
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Here’s Our Editor-Tested List of The Best Lightweight Comforters for Warmer Months
After having our editors test top-rated lightweight comforters out for themselves—and researching other best-selling items on the web—I vetted each item based on the following criteria: ...
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More concrete, less green: A cautionary tale about upzoning from South Park
You don’t need a crystal ball to see the future of Seattle residential neighborhoods envisioned by Mayor Bruce Harrell. Just go to South Park. In 2019, this diverse South Seattle enclave was ...
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Machine learning and 3D printing yield steel-strong, foam-light materials
Nano-architected materials are made of tiny building blocks or repeating units measuring a few hundred nanometers in size—it would take more than 100 of them patterned in a row to reach the ...
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Strong as steel, light as foam: Machine learning and nano-3D printing produce breakthrough high-performance, nano-architected materials
Nano-architected materials are made of tiny building blocks or repeating units measuring a few hundred nanometres in size — it would take more than 100 of them patterned in a row to reach the ...