An MIT team's first result is a model bridge that is 16% lighter than its traditionally made equivalent, with the same load ...

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 air or industrial exhaust gases. It ...

Concrete is the most widely used building material in the world, but it comes at a huge environmental cost. Engineers in Japan have developed a new technique to make concrete by recycling waste ...

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Concrete makes up half of all human-made stuff on our planet. And its use will double, in part to battle climate threats ...

3D printing of concrete structures including homes has made a dent in the news, but less so when it comes to penetrating the market for new homes or commercial structures. Barriers to progress for ...

San Francisco wants to identify thousands of concrete buildings across the city and retrofit them ahead of a major earthquake. Mayor London Breed has released an executive directive calling upon city ...

Looking back 35 years to his job in Northern Virginia as an American Concrete Institute testing technician responsible for the quality of concrete delivered to building jobsites, civil engineer Rick ...

One of the more interesting areas of battery research centers on how these devices can not just store energy, but also double as structural components. We've seen some impressive examples of this that ...

If you're looking to build a retaining wall, chances are good that you've been encouraged to use concrete to make it happen.

Before the Whole Foods in Gowanus was built, a handsome building stood alone, left over from the bustling concrete industry that came before. But more than just another pretty Neoclassical building, ...