RMIT researchers turn cigarette butts into bricks, reducing firing energy use by 10%

Researchers are developing methods to recycle discarded cigarette butts into lightweight bricks. This innovative approach ...

In 2024, engineers turned 140,000 coffees’ worth of used grounds into concrete; the 30-cubic-metre footpath saved more than 3 tons of sand

Coffee concrete: Spent coffee grounds were transformed into biochar for a Pakenham footpath project. This innovation replaced ...
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New RMIT research points to stronger 3D printed alloys via sound waves

Researchers from Australia’s Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University School of Engineering have used ultrasonic sound waves to strengthen the properties of 3D printed alloys. A study ...