
A company in Ghana is turning plastic bags into roads
Only two percent of plastic trash in Ghana is recycled, according to a video from the World Economic Forum (WEF)...

New 1 km solar road opens in Jinan, China
China is getting in on the solar road-building action. A one-kilometer stretch of solar highway developed by Qilu...

UK tests cheaper, longer-lasting roads made with recycled plastic
Around 24.8 million miles of roads crisscross the surface of Earth. And hundreds of millions of barrels of oil...

France officially opens world's first solar panel road
France's Minister of Environment Ségolène Royal has officially opened the world's first solar road this week...

Repaired sinkhole in Japan is sinking again
Earlier in November a sinkhole that ravaged a five-lane intersection in the city of Fukuoka, Japan was rapidly...

Peru is planning a highway through the world's most biodiverse protected place
In Peru, they’re planning to pave paradise and lay down a freeway. Scientists highlighted Peru’s...

Ordinary Architecture Makes the Hollywood Sign Disappear
In a monumental feat of visual trickery, London-based Ordinary Architecture made the letters that make up the iconic...

Scientists Develop Self-Healing Protective Coating for Concrete
Cracks are a road's worst enemy. Once a crack forms, water is able to enter the paved surface, and when it expands...

Innovative RoundTail Bike Frame Cuts Vibrations 50-Fold
Potholes and other pavement woes can be hard to take on a bike - they convert all of your hard-won forward momentum...

Energy Generating, Self-Heating Solar Roadway Unveiled
The makers of the Solar Roadway just got a little closer to their dream of making every road in the United States...