CBS News

Brick Making A Staple Of The Colorado Economy

CASTLE ROCK, Colo (CBS4) – Manufacturing has always been a main driver of the Colorado economy, and bricks are one of the original products made here. By 1900, there were more than 200 brick making ...
The Conversation

There’s a new way to “grow” bio‑bricks using human urine. Here’s how it works.

Thanks to a novel process, human urine can be turned into bio-bricks. Robyn Walker Initially, curiosity. Some years ago I read about a US based company called BioMASON that uses the same process we do ...
Times Now World on MSN

UAE transforms desert sand into sustainable bricks, significantly reducing cement usage in construction by almost 50%

Middle East News: Dubai, encircled by vast dunes, surprisingly does not exploit its abundant desert sand as a valuable ...
Miami Herald

It takes 100 visits to a urinal to ‘grow’ a single brick with newly-invented method

University of Cape Town researchers, including Dr. Dyllon Randall and students Vukheta Mukhari and Suzanne Lambert, from left to right, have created “bio-bricks” from human urine, loose sand and ...
Ars Technica

“Energy-smart” bricks need less power to make, are better insulation

Researchers at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) in Australia have developed special “energy-smart bricks” that can be made by mixing clay with glass waste and coal ash. These bricks ...