When concrete is exposed to intense fire, materials in the concrete can decompose, leading to a deterioration of stre...
A newly developed concrete – made from recycled construction waste and industrial exhaust gases – could reduce constr...
Think of a big infrastructure system you’d like to keep running smoothly and sewage emerges near the top of the list....
Whatever you’re building, strength tends to be a prerequisite, so anything that makes things stronger and more reliab...
It may not be much to look at, but this image could illustrate a potential win-win if Australian researchers are on t...
“Our lives are full of artificial materials – plastic bottles, steel structures and glass facades. But while these ma...
US researchers have created what they call a living concrete by combining sand and bacteria.It’s early days, but th...
Chinese scientists have developed what they call a self-cleaning concrete. It is genuinely hydrophobic, they say, so ...
A hybrid building material comprising concrete and a species of fungus called Trichoderma reesei could one day result...
Pliny the Elder, the 1st century scholar and naval commander, wrote proudly of Roman harbour concrete, describing it ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlFX_WTFIisWith heavy rain comes water pooling on roads – and the chance of an a...
Workers apply self-healing repair mortar in an underground parking garage. The mortar is mixed with bacterial spores ...
