Researchers Explore Cooling Film Metamaterial

Metamaterials are materials engineered to have a property not found in nature. They are composites, usually involving metals or plastics, plus super-small or super-thin materials derived by nanoengineering. They derive their properties not from the properties of the base materials from which they are made but from their newly designed structures. Read more

New CO2-eating Concrete Takes Less Energy to Produce

An engineering and materials science professor at Rutgers University has created an eco-friendly, lightweight concrete using reactive hydrothermal liquid-phase densification (rHLPD), according to Phys.org, which notes that the process models generative design behavior of shellfish to create organic ceramics while submersed in water. Read more

PSPC Taking Steps to Improve Security Clearances

This Ottawa Construction Association article provides a great summary of the user-facing changes, internal process changes, as well as the portability, fingerprinting and sponsorship-related improvements that the Public Services and Procurement Canada’s Industrial Security Sector is taking. Read more

Dubai Is Bringing the World Its First Rotating Skyscraper

Dubai plans to take your 360-degree experience far beyond video by building the world’s first ever rotating skyscraper by 2020. Read more

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