Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new method using steel waste in cement production could cut CO₂ emissions by 80% while producing valuable syngas. (CREDIT: ...

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The concrete world that surrounds us owes its shape and durability to chemical reactions that start when ordinary Portland cement is mixed with water. Now, MIT scientists have demonstrated a way to ...

One of the most misunderstood practices on construction sites is curing concrete with water after it has been poured. To many people, it seems counterintuitive. If concrete is already made with ...

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 ...

A team of scientists from Penn State has developed a new, flexible cement made from nanomaterials that could help solve the problem of natural gas well leaks. Leaks from natural gas wells are a threat ...

Concrete has quietly become one of the planet’s biggest climate problems, yet the material itself has barely changed in a century. Now a new class of mixes infused with graphene is starting to alter ...

UConn is now using cutting edge concrete blocks from CarbonBuilt in construction projects at its field house and new school of nursing building. These blocks are made with up to 50% less cement than ...

Concrete builds the modern world but carries a heavy carbon cost. Discover the engineering advantages, material innovations, and decarbonization efforts defining its future.