Though various types of cement and concrete have been manufactured over the course of history, it is only within the last century that their use has become widespread for civic and domestic ...
In a Melbourne lab, a team of engineers may have triggered a pivotal shift in the global construction industry. Researchers from RMIT University have developed a new building material made entirely ...
The new building material was developed by scientists at the University of Manchester, who drew inspiration from ancient construction methods that involved mixing animal blood into mortar to act as ...
The problem with concrete isn't how much we use. It's how we make it. Cement manufacturing accounts for 8 percent of global CO₂ emissions; more than the entire European Union. Every ton begins as ...
How stable are the buildings where we live and work? Our homes rest on concrete foundations about a foot thick and twelve feet deep. The foundations of skyscrapers can be up to 20 feet thick and 280 ...