All those sea sponges that live in deep oceans have a secret: their light lattice-like forms are astonishingly stiff and ...

Inspired by the humble deep-sea sponge, RMIT University engineers have developed a new material with remarkable compressive strength and stiffness that could improve architectural and product designs.

The challenges of the modern world are testing our architects to the limit. Not only do we desperately need more affordable housing for our growing population, but our buildings have to be as energy, ...

Modelling fracture and healing of self-healing enzymatic construction materials using a novel fluctuation based fracture mechanics theory ...