Culverts – the major threat to fish you've probably never heard of
Fish need to cross roads too. But the tunnels built to channel rivers under roads and railways can block their migrations.
Aug. 6, 2020 • ~6 min
Tags: biodiversity fish construction dams rivers freshwater-biology roads eels
Making the most of a tree epidemic
With trees infested by the emerald ash borer deemed essentially worthless, a team of designers wanted to see if the decaying wood could be repurposed as a building material.
Aug. 4, 2020 • ~7 min
Tags: architecture carbon construction trees design ash
Discerning the texture of urban resilience
MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub researchers are investigating how the layouts, or textures, of cities influence extreme weather events.
Tags: cities sustainability climate-change architecture construction hurricanes natural-disasters research school-of-engineering urban-studies-and-planning civil-and-environmental-engineering concrete-sustainability-hub
Buildings grown by bacteria -- new research is finding ways to turn cells into mini-factories for materials
Researchers are turning microbes into microscopic construction crews by altering their DNA to make them produce building materials. The work could lead to more sustainable buildings.
March 23, 2020 • ~7 min
Tags: sustainability climate-change biology synthetic-biology construction infrastructure carbon-dioxide-co2 polymers minerals built-environment material-science buildings cyanobacteria
How do tiny termites make such massive mounds?
Researchers investigate how centimeter-sized termites, without architects, engineers or foremen, can build complex, long-standing, meter-sized structures all over the world.
Tags: science-technology engineering sustainability architecture basic-research harvard-john-a-paulson-school-of-engineering-and-applied-sciences construction department-of-organismic-and-evolutionary-biology l-mahadevan termite-mounds termites
How do tiny termites make such massive mounds?
Researchers investigate how centimeter-sized termites, without architects, engineers or foremen, can build complex, long-standing, meter-sized structures all over the world.
Tags: science-technology engineering sustainability architecture basic-research harvard-john-a-paulson-school-of-engineering-and-applied-sciences construction department-of-organismic-and-evolutionary-biology l-mahadevan termite-mounds termites
New approach calculates benefits of building hazard-resistant structures | MIT News
Calculation developed by MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub shows that when building in areas prone to natural disasters, it pays to make informed decisions.
Tags: architecture construction research school-of-engineering civil-and-environmental-engineering materials-science-and-engineering concrete
Taking the life-cycle perspective: Report addresses critical issues in building practices | MIT News
Tags: architecture construction research school-of-engineering civil-and-environmental-engineering materials-science-and-engineering concrete
Finding a new formula for concrete | MIT News
Researchers look to bones and shells as blueprints for stronger, more durable concrete.
Tags: sustainability energy environment construction materials-science research school-of-engineering civil-and-environmental-engineering nanoscience-and-nanotechnology materials-science-and-engineering bioinspiration cement composite-materials
Designing a better built environment | MIT News
Oral Buyukozturk develops innovative designs and technologies for durable, sustainable physical infrastructure projects.
Tags: sustainability industry construction profile research design school-of-engineering faculty civil-and-environmental-engineering concrete structural-engineering
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