{"id":196319,"date":"2024-09-17T21:26:27","date_gmt":"2024-09-18T02:26:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/09\/human-bone-inspired-cement-is-5-times-tougher-than-standard-concrete"},"modified":"2024-09-17T21:26:27","modified_gmt":"2024-09-18T02:26:27","slug":"human-bone-inspired-cement-is-5-times-tougher-than-standard-concrete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/09\/human-bone-inspired-cement-is-5-times-tougher-than-standard-concrete","title":{"rendered":"Human bone-inspired cement is 5 times tougher than standard concrete"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Vg_q2hRwE7E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Getting tips from the design of the human body.<\/p>\n<p>Scientists create bone-inspired cement, over five times stronger than concrete.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Researchers at the University of Princeton have developed a cement paste that is 5.6 times stronger than cement, mortar, and other conventional cement-based construction materials.<\/p>\n<p>The paste features a tubular architecture inspired by the structure of human cortical bone, which forms the outer layer of the femur (thigh bone).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCement paste deployed with a tube-like architecture can significantly increase resistance to crack propagation and improve the ability to deform without sudden failure,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/engineering.princeton.edu\/news\/2024\/09\/16\/toughen-cement-fill-it-full-holes#:~:text=Inspired%20by%20the%20architecture%20of, damage%2Dresistant%20than%20standard%20counterparts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">according<\/a> to the researchers.<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/09\/human-bone-inspired-cement-is-5-times-tougher-than-standard-concrete\">Continue reading \u201cHuman bone-inspired cement is 5 times tougher than standard concrete\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getting tips from the design of the human body. Scientists create bone-inspired cement, over five times stronger than concrete. Researchers at the University of Princeton have developed a cement paste that is 5.6 times stronger than cement, mortar, and other conventional cement-based construction materials. The paste features a tubular architecture inspired by the structure of [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":609,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,1635],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-196319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-materials"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/609"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=196319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196319\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}