This strange white paste might not look like much, but it might help solve the sand shortage, while making the cement manufacturing process capture carbon dioxide instead of emitting it. Scientists at ...

Concrete is one of the world's biggest carbon emitters. Benjamin Skuse asks if AI can help tame concrete’s climate impact ...

In 2014, hundreds of Angelenos gathered downtown to watch more than 2,000 trucks pour concrete into a vast hole. During that event, Los Angeles set a world record: 80 million pounds of concrete were ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Alcina Johnson Sudagar, Washington University in St. Louis (THE CONVERSATION) Concrete ...

To make concrete, minerals need to be crushed and cooked in a kiln heated to temperatures above 2,600 °F (1,427 °C) to produce a material known as klinker. The chemical processes involved in the ...

Scientists have created hollow concrete that is 5.6 times stronger than regular concrete. The new design is based on the human femur, which features a honeycomb-like design, making it more resilient ...

The concrete industry is having a bit of a reckoning. As the world’s most ubiquitous construction material, concrete contributes about 8% of global carbon dioxide emissions. About 30 billion tons of ...