NAE Perspectives offer practitioners, scholars, and policy leaders a platform to comment on developments and issues relating to engineering. Naresh Thadhani is Jefferson Science Fellow, Bureau of ...

Researchers have developed a new carbon-negative building material that could reshape approaches to sustainable construction.

A new kind of building material is taking shape in a lab at the University of Michigan. The modular, flat black panels panel is the kind of wall-like material that’s used to clad the exterior of ...

The construction industry is increasingly turning to alternative materials to promote sustainability and resilience. This Collection will focus on innovative materials that offer environmental and ...

Today’s world is changing at an unprecedented pace. Driven by urbanisation and population growth, demand for affordable housing and resilient cities and infrastructure is increasing. The advances in ...