Surfside Champlain Towers South Condo Collapse & the Science of Concrete [Video]
Concrete buildings don’t just collapse out of the blue. Even earthquakes aren’t supposed to bring them down. So why did the Champlain Towers South building…
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2,050-Year-Old Roman Tomb Inspires Durable and Sustainable Building Materials for the Future
New research on ancient Roman concrete offers insights on ancient concrete resilience, inspires durable and sustainable modern constructions. Concrete often begins to crack and crumble…
A Concrete Solution: Recycled Concrete and CO2 From the Air Are Made Into a New Building Material
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…
Concrete World: Engineers To Improve Reinforced Steel To Contain High-Level Nuclear Waste
Metals embedded in concrete can erode, rusting, and weakening until the concrete splits and the structure it supports falls. Such corrosion is believed to be…
Scientists Reveal Causes of Concrete and Asphalt Deterioration
Scientists reveal that the deterioration of modern concrete and asphalt structures is due to the presence of trace quantities of organic matter in these structures….
Visualizing Cement Hydration on a Molecular Level – Could Enable 3-D Printing of Concrete
Imaging technique could enable new pathways for reducing concrete’s hefty carbon footprint, as well as for 3-D printing of concrete. The concrete world that surrounds…
Innovation Pioneers Score World First for Sustainable Construction With “Game-Changing” Graphene-Enhanced Concrete
First commercial pour of engineered graphene concrete takes place in UK using Manchester technology. A joint venture between graphene specialists at The University of Manchester…
World-First Concept for Rechargeable Cement-Based Batteries – Imagine a 20-Story Building That Stores Energy Like a Giant Battery
Imagine an entire twenty-story concrete building that can store energy like a giant battery. Thanks to unique research from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, such…
“Intelligent Concrete” Heals Itself – Enabling Highways and Bridges to Prevent Their Own Damage
‘Intelligent concrete’ could cut down on road repairs and traffic. Roads always seem to need repairs. Luna Lu is giving concrete the ability to “talk”…
World’s Hardest Concrete With Improved Impact Resistance for Disaster Prevention
A research team including Kanazawa University tests the impact response of the world’s hardest concrete. Concrete is the most widely used building material in the…
What Doesn’t Crack Them Makes Them Stronger – Why Some Materials Become Stronger Under Stress
A Norwegian Centre of Excellence explores how pores affect all kinds of materials, including concrete. It sounds a bit strange, but some materials become stronger…
Green Cement – New Approach to Emissions-Free Production
MIT researchers find a way to eliminate carbon emissions from cement production — a major global source of greenhouse gases. It’s well known that the…
Engineers Create Sustainable Concrete That Reduces Energy Demand, Greenhouse Emissions
Washington State University researchers have created a sustainable alternative to traditional concrete using coal fly ash, a waste product of coal-based electricity generation. The advance…