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Biodegradable mycelium tiles with elephant skin inspired texture for thermal regulation of buildings. Energy Build. 2025;328:115187. doi: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2024.115187 This article has been ...

Mimicking the heat-regulating ability of an elephant's skin, the bumpy fungus-based tiles improved cooling rates by as much ...

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A team of scientists in Singapore has taken an unusual step in that direction. Drawing inspiration from elephant skin, ...

Tiles are moving beyond just backsplashes and making their way onto kitchen furniture. Billingsley has noticed a growing trend of stone mosaic kitchen hoods, cladded waterfall islands, and even ...

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When its bumpy textured surface faced the heat ... also expect high inertia towards using mycelium tiles as an alternative construction material due to the well-established infrastructure in ...

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NTU scientists, in collaboration with local ecology and biomimicry design firm bioSEA, have developed ‘fungi tiles’ that could help cool buildings down without consuming energy.