From residential homes and skyscrapers to art sculptures and footpaths, concrete is everywhere you look and it's difficult to imagine the modern world without it. As the most widely-used human-made ...

After water, concrete is the world’s most consumed material and is the mainstay of construction everywhere, and concrete production’s impact on the environment is significant. Researchers have ...

(Nanowerk News) Researchers have found the right formula for mixing a cement that does double duty as a structural material and a passive photocatalytic water purifier with a built-in means of ...

University of Miami (UM) researchers are adding an unlikely ingredient to the concrete mix that they believe could usher in a new era of sustainable construction. Concrete traditionally is made from a ...

Discovered thousands of years ago, hydrated lime is perhaps one of the most amazing multipurpose building products ever put into widespread use. A modern analogue to this revolutionary building ...

California-based startup Brimstone is producing alumina as a byproduct of a low-carbon alternative to cement. A low-carbon concrete company backed by the Department of Energy says that it will also be ...

A California startup using rocks to soak up carbon dioxide from the air has teamed up with a Canadian company to mineralize the gas in concrete, a technological tie-up that is a first and they say ...

Engineers at Princeton University have developed a cement composite inspired by the inner lining of oyster and abalone shells ...

HOUSTON - Researchers have found the right formula for mixing a cement that does double duty as a structural material and a passive photocatalytic water purifier with a built-in means of replenishment ...