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All-natural elephant skin-inspired fungi tiles offer upto 70% more cooling for buildings
These “fungi tiles” could provide an energy-free solution for cooling buildings. The tiles combine mycelium with organic ...
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"Elephant skin" mycelium tiles keep buildings chilled – and look cool, too
Oyster mushrooms and repurposed bamboo furniture scraps may be an unlikely combination for a tough building material, but ...
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Scientists develop fungi tiles that mimic elephant skin to cool buildings without power
Scientists in Singapore have created special wall tiles made from fungi that could help cool buildings naturally, without ...
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Scientists create 'fungi tiles' with elephant skin texture to cool buildings
These wall tiles are made from a new biomaterial ... This opens the pathway for more elephant skin–inspired designs and the use of different mycelium strains to overcome the challenges that ...
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BBC presenter immortalised in elephant art trail
The designs are yet to be unveiled but it has been revealed that Radio Solent's Dorset Breakfast host, Steve Harris, appears on an elephant by cartoonist Lyndon Wall. The presenter is set to come ...
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NTU Singapore scientists create ‘fungi tiles’ with elephant skin texture to cool buildings
A team of scientists have developed ‘fungi tiles’ that could one day help to bring the heat down in buildings without consuming energy. These wall tiles are made from a new biomaterial combining fungi ...