Nanyang Technological University: 'Fungi Tile' With an Elephant Skin Texture to Cool Buildings
April 02, 2025
April 02, 2025
SINGAPORE, April 2 -- Nanyang Technological University issued the following news:
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A 'fungi tile' with an elephant skin texture to cool buildings
NTU Singapore scientists, in collaboration with local ecology and biomimicry design firm bioSEA, have developed 'fungi tiles' that could one day be used to cool down buildings without consuming energy.
These tiles are made from mycelium - the root network of fungi - and bamboo . . .
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A 'fungi tile' with an elephant skin texture to cool buildings
NTU Singapore scientists, in collaboration with local ecology and biomimicry design firm bioSEA, have developed 'fungi tiles' that could one day be used to cool down buildings without consuming energy.
These tiles are made from mycelium - the root network of fungi - and bamboo . . .