CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - South African researchers say they have made bricks using human urine in a natural process involving colonies of bacteria, which could one day help reduce global warming ...

Construction is one of the largest sources of greenhouse gas emissions, so finding new materials and methods is a crucial goal. Researchers at Flinders University have now developed a new type of ...

The “K-Briq” generates less than 10 percent of the carbon emissions released during the manufacturing of regular bricks and is made from 90 percent construction waste materials. Gabriela Medero poses ...

The morning after the earthquake, the air was thick with dust and silence — an eerie stillness over the valleys of Gorkha and Sindhupalchok. Where once there were lines of colourful homes, only piles ...

Australian researchers at Swinburne University of Technology have developed strong, sustainable bricks made from used coffee grounds—offering a potential breakthrough in reducing construction’s carbon ...