Scientists can thus create new building blocks that produce materials with the exact properties they desire, which are smaller, stronger and lighter than the current technologies.

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The homeowner's tax incentive generates new sales tax revenue on building materials, not to mention added income tax revenue on construction workers' salaries.

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About 46 Kohl's stores are Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design-certified, and about 20 percent of building materials in new stores are made from recycled elements.

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At the annual International Builders' Show in Las Vegas this week, tens of thousands, suppliers, distributors and builders convened to examine new innovations in home-building materials, appliances, fixtures and technologies.

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Once they can manipulate atoms--which combine to form molecules, the building blocks of our natural world--scientists can create new building blocks that produce new materials with the exact properties they desire: smaller, stronger, tougher, lighter and more resilient than what has come before.

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Samiruddin is nearly done building their new home, with materials and some labor provided by Uplink, a German NGO.

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Because building materials were in short supply, he invented a new concrete-making process that enabled him to build a factory and go into production.

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Today Aurora Building Materials Ltd has 60 employees, but he expects that this new government contract will mean that its workforce climbs to include between 150 to 200 people.

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By raising donations of money, building materials, and professional labor, they coordinate the process of building a new home or adapting an existing home for handicapped accessibility.

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