Penn researchers copied elephant skin to create a cement tile that cools buildings with water, cracks, and no electricity.

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have developed a cement tile that cools buildings without electricity by mimicking the cracked, water-trapping skin of African elephants. The tiles ...

Following is a transcript of the video. These cement tiles are handmade at one of the few workshops left in Egypt. The craft has been around since the 1800s, when cement became a cheap and efficient ...

Brought over by the French, painted cement tile making has been incorporated into Cambodian design for more than a century, even as the industry has died out in Europe. But with local masters ageing, ...

BioBased tiles are a new sustainable building material being used to create sustainable facades for buildings. They replace traditional building materials and lower carbon emissions. As the result of ...