Engineers developed a new kind of reconfigurable masonry made from 3D-printed, recycled glass. The bricks could be reused many times over in building facades and internal walls.

Could buildings one day be made from materials that are as easy to take apart as LEGO bricks? A team of engineers at MIT ...

Inspired by the sustainable possibilities of circular construction, MIT engineers are creating a new type of reconfigurable ...

In the Western world, the cans are usually collected and sent to a recycling center, where they are cleaned, sorted, and crushed. Then, they go to an aluminum manufacturing plant, where they are ...

Thermoplastics and thermoplastic resins are raw, unshaped polymers that turn to liquid when heated and turn solid when cooled. They can be repeatedly remelted and remolded, allowing parts and scraps ...

MIT engineers have created 3D-printed, interlocking recycled glass bricks that could revolutionize sustainable construction.

MIT spinoff 3D prints architectural glass bricks. Evenline envisions that 3D printable glass masonry could be reused many ...

Plastics are all around us -- from food packaging and drinking bottles to the insulation in our homes.Expanded, it is used to ...

What if construction materials could be put together and taken apart as easily as LEGO bricks? Such reconfigurable masonry ...

Thermoplastics are polymers that turn to liquid when heated and turn solid when cooled. They can be repeatedly remelted and remolded, allowing parts and scraps to be reprocessed. In most cases they ...

Thermoplastics are the most common plastics, because they are so malleable when heated, and can be remelted. Elastomers, meanwhile, can be stretched to a great extent and then regain their ...