"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." The use of concrete as a construction material has been around for millenia: Historians say that ancient ...

Fortera bolts on their tech to existing cement plants to create a greener product. Here's why it caught Microsoft's eye.

Scientists are always looking for ways to make inherently brittle materials, such as concrete or ceramic, tougher, safer, and ...

Producing cement is a major source of carbon emissions — 8% of the global total. A company in Massachusetts has altered the recipe, finding a way to produce carbon-zero cement instead. Roughly 8% of ...

Seen as one of the great promises for the future of construction, carbon concrete mixes strength, lightness and flexibility. In addition, at a time marked by a serious environmental crisis that puts ...

Concrete is the most important construction material on earth and foundation of our modern society. At first glance it seems rudimentary, but there is a tremendous amount of complexity involved in ...

Construction worker applying cement to a wall. - Robert Kneschke/Shutterstock What if the walls around you weren't just holding up your house — but secretly powering it too? That's the idea behind ...

An approximately 2,000-year-old technology, concrete is used as a structural component in commercial/ residential buildings, pavements, and driving surfaces of bridges and roads. From earlier use in ...