In my synthetic chemistry lab, we have worked out how to convert the red pigment in common bricks into a plastic that conducts electricity, and this process enabled us to turn bricks into electricity ...

Whether humans were erecting Neolithic dwellings, ranch-style homes or modern McMansions, bricks have been a favorite of builders for thousands of years. Now, chemists have discovered new potential in ...

If all new buildings used CO2-storing materials, a new paper says, 16.6 billion metric tons of greenhouse gas could be stored annually — half of what humans produced in 2021. Advanced building ...

In my synthetic chemistry lab, we have worked out how to convert the red pigment in common bricks into a plastic that conducts electricity, and this process enabled us to turn bricks into electricity ...

Imagine a world where instead of threading the walls of your house with copper wires that deliver electricity from the grid, the walls themselves stored that energy, potentially drawn from a solar ...

A team of researchers has figured out a way to turn bricks into energy storage devices. The converted bricks, the researchers say, could be used to store energy collected by solar panels, and even be ...

Why it matters: Researchers from Washington University in St. Louis have developed a method to store energy using red bricks, an abundant and affordable building material that has been in use for ...