Upcycling Space Structures (Preface to special issue)

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Upcycling Space Structures (Preface to special issue)

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Renewable energy integration and waste heat valorization in aluminum remelting for co-producing kerosene and methanol

Reuse of cut concrete slabs in new buildings for circular ultra-low-carbon floor designs

Tandem catalysis enables chlorine-containing waste as chlorination reagents

FLO:RE – A new floor system made of reused reinforced concrete and steel elements

Towards edible robots and robotic food

Rising from rubble - Leveraging existing construction tools for upcycling concrete waste into slender walls

RE:SLAB — a load bearing system for open-ended component reuse in building structures

Reuse of concrete elements in architecture: characterisations and design methods for sustainable structures

Degradable and Printed Microstrip Line for Chipless Temperature and Humidity Sensing

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Dataset for '3D printing of customizable transient bioelectronics and sensors'

A global framework for data-informed bridge examination

Learning from rural-urban stations: Strategies for rail-based development in a low-density Flemish landscape

Methods to assess the carbon footprint of structures involving UHPFRC elements

Spatial Modeling for Building Design Evaluation: from Visual Landscape Quality Assessment to Devaluation Risk Estimation

Eco-Conscious Approach to Wireless Gas Monitoring With a Hybrid Printed Passive Sensor Tag

A FEM modelling workflow to simulate THM effects in the rock around nuclear waste packages

New Polymers from Biomass-Derived Hydroxycinnamic Acid Derivatives

Short-term behavior of glass fiber-polymer composite bending-active elastica beam under service load application

Embodied Carbon Premium for Cantilevers