Jianzhuang Xiao is a professor of recycled concrete materials and structures at Tongji University, Shanghai, China, and a vice-president at Guangxi University, Nanning, China. Zongjin Li is a ...

C oncrete has long built our cities, but researchers now see it as a future power source, too. A new form of ...

Scientists have been working for the last few years on enhancing concrete – arguably the most common construction material on ...

Concrete already builds our world, and now it's one step closer to powering it, too. Made by combining cement, water, ...

Manufacturer Brimstone recently conducted testing of its Ordinary Portland Cement in collaboration with Amazon. Amazon has signed a commercial agreement with Brimstone to supply upcoming construction ...

The group’s goal is to accelerate the adoption of low-carbon cement and concrete for 21st century buildings and ...

Solving the problem that is concrete—the second-most-used substance, after water, and a candidate for the most harmful to the planet—has inspired a wave of start-ups to develop less harmful ...

Incorporating a phase-change material into concrete, researchers have created a self-heating material that can melt snow and ice for up to 10 hours without using salt or shovels. The novel material ...

Traditionally used industrially, concrete has become a preferred medium for those who seek austere and unusual décor. By Katherine McLaughlin Toward the end of 2019, Natalie Feltham started to look ...