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Future Cities: Nanotechnology promises more sustainable buildings, bridges, and other structures
Global Challenges/Chemistry Solutions
English - September 07, 2010 14:00 - 1.3 MB - ★★★★ - 3 ratingsNatural Sciences Science global challenges chemistry solutions chem science climate change water education high school acs american chemical society Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Bricks, blocks, and steel I-beams — step aside. That’s because scientists are reporting that a new genre of construction materials, made from stuff barely 1/50,000th the width of a human hair, is about to debut in the building of homes, offices, bridges, and other structures. The new report highlights both the potential benefits of these nanomaterials in improving construction materials and the need for guidelines to regulate their use and disposal. The report appears in the monthly journal ACS Nano.