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Engineers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute have developed carbon-negative enzymatic structural materials that outperform traditional concrete while actively capturing CO₂, curing in hours, and ...

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It seems like every week, I can do an article on some interesting science that ended up buried under hyperbolic headlines and overly credible coverage. This week’s victim is “living concrete.” It only ...

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