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Five Measures to Valorize Construction Waste
23/04/2024
A seamount taller than any skyscraper
09/04/2024
The secrets of the Palace of Versailles
24/04/2024
Tungsteno
The controversy of facial recognition in the Ukraine war
Facial recognition company Clearview AI, which hopes to be able to identify "almost everyone in the world" by 2023, has offered its services free of charge to Ukraine in the face of the Russian invasion. This is how the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence uses this technology and some of the risks involved.
21/09/2022
Tungsteno
The 170-kilometre-long skyscraper city: an achievable dream?
170 kilometres long and 500 metres high—these are the mind-blowing dimensions of the enormous skyscraper that Saudi Arabia plans to build to give shape to a futuristic city called The Line. But to successfully construct this city without cars, pollution or accidents, it will have to overcome arduous challenges.
14/09/2022
Science talks
Used and recycled clothes re-purposed for construction materials
Thanks to a new composite created with textile fibers, through a university-led project, waste materials could be reused for facade cladding, floating flooring and acoustic false ceiling.
13/09/2022
Sostenibilidad
How does Europe finance sustainable urban mobility?
Cities require increasingly more space for urban mobility that is respectful of the environment and at the same time accessible and friendly to citizens. To manage these needs, Europe has created financing instruments that help economically cover these conditions through the launch of projects that favor the implementation of infrastructures in line with this objective.
08/09/2022
Tungsteno
Turned-off traffic lights and cold showers to save gas
Faced with heavy dependence on Russian natural gas and unprecedented price rises, the EU is aiming to cut gas consumption by 15% over the next eight months. To achieve this, some countries have opted for common-sense measures, such as limiting the use of air conditioning and heating, and other much more surprising ones, such as turning off traffic lights at night or allowing only cold showers in public gyms.
07/09/2022