Scientists have succeeded in transforming desert sand into sustainable, eco-friendly bricks, offering a promising alternative to Portland cement. SHARJAH, EMIRATE OF ...

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BioMason is inching closer to commercially debuting its eco-friendly “grown” bricks, which they say could be on the market as early as next year. Since its founding in 2012, the North Carolina startup ...

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Japanese construction and design firm TIS & Partners has just unveiled a strong and surprisingly low-tech brick that can be rapidly produced in disaster areas, and applied to the quick construction of ...

Foundry sand waste, a by-product generated in large volumes by metal casting industries in the country will no more be labelled as pollutants but will turn into an eco-f­riendly and cost effective ...

Scientists at the University of Sharjah report that they have successfully transformed desert sand into construction bricks that are more sustainable than conventional cement or fired-clay bricks.