{"id":4603,"date":"2018-10-01T09:29:31","date_gmt":"2018-10-01T07:29:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/?p=4603"},"modified":"2018-10-01T09:29:31","modified_gmt":"2018-10-01T07:29:31","slug":"spheres-can-make-concrete-leaner-greener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/2018\/10\/01\/spheres-can-make-concrete-leaner-greener\/","title":{"rendered":"Spheres can make concrete leaner, greener"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2018-09-spheres-concrete-leaner-greener.html\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/10\/1-spherescanma.jpg?w=910&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>Rice University scientists have developed micron-sized calcium silicate spheres that could lead to stronger and greener concrete, the world&#8217;s most-used synthetic material.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Sorgente: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2018-09-spheres-concrete-leaner-greener.html\">Spheres can make concrete leaner, greener<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"excerpt\">Rice University scientists have developed micron-sized calcium silicate spheres that could lead to stronger and greener concrete, the world&#8217;s most-used synthetic material. Sorgente: Spheres can make concrete leaner, greener<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/2018\/10\/01\/spheres-can-make-concrete-leaner-greener\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":4,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-senza-categoria","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6daft-1cf","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5990,"url":"https:\/\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/2019\/09\/24\/5990\/","url_meta":{"origin":4603,"position":0},"title":"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fermatslibrary\/status\/1174659415556993024 Wow. 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