Concrete is the most widely utilized anthropogenic material on earth. More than 4 billion tonnes of ordinary Portland cement (OPC), the key binding material in concrete, are produced annually 1 and ...

Princeton engineers built a cement 17x tougher than traditional concrete by copying a trick hidden inside abalone shells for ...

The global construction sector accounts for substantial carbon emissions and resource consumption, driving research into low-carbon binders and circular material flows. Sustainable cementitious ...

While concrete might be seen as a fairly basic, utilitarian material today, it was a part of several trendy home design ...

In the survey questionnaire sent to the state DOTs, the respondents were asked whether they would agree to be interviewed for the purpose of preparing case examples. Twenty-four state DOT respondents ...

Amorphous substances influence the durability, strength, and sustainability of concrete in cementitious products, and they are an essential aspect of cementitious materials. Supplementary cementitious ...

Nature often offers promising inspiration for biomimetic man-made materials. In a new report now published in Advanced Science, Faheng Wang and a team of scientists in advanced materials, engineering ...

When you're finishing your driveway, you've got a selection of materials to choose from, and which one is preferable will ...

Over the past four decades, the use in concrete of supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs), such as fly ash, slag cement, and silica fume, has improved the properties of fresh concrete, such as ...