Researchers around the world are working to find ways to make concrete greener, including at the University of Pennsylvania.

Researchers at MIT continue to look for ways to turn concrete into a perfect energy storage option. The researchers first shared their findings in 2023, suggesting that concrete could be used to store ...

The Roman Empire may be long gone, but its architecture has stood the test of time -- most notably, its insanely durable concrete, which has been hailed as the world's strongest. The building material ...

We live in the Age of Concrete. Look around you. If you’re inside, the building likely has a lot of concrete. If you’re outside, you’re standing on concrete. It’s the skeleton of our modern world, the ...

A new kind of concrete could reduce emissions from the construction industry. Calcium carbonate concrete is made from waste concrete and carbon dioxide from the air or industrial exhaust gases. It ...

A new study found that graphene derived from metallurgical coke, a coal-based product, through flash Joule heating could serve not only as a reinforcing additive in cement but also as a replacement ...

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Concrete has been integral to buildings and architecture since the Romans used it to construct monuments like the Pantheon and the Coliseum. The Romans also used the material to build marine ...

Replacing some of the sand in the concrete with spent coffee grounds increases strength by almost 30 per cent, researchers say You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you ...

A DUAL-USE technology is one that has both civilian and military applications. Enriching uranium is a good example. A country may legitimately do so to fuel power stations. Or it may do so ...

Roman concrete has shrugged off two millennia of earthquakes, wars, and weather that would pulverize most modern structures in a fraction of the time. The surprising reason is not mystical at all, but ...

To the average person the word concrete often invokes the idea of cold, sterile, and grey. It isn’t hard to see why. Typically the concrete one encounters tends to be utilitarian material for ...