Concrete has long been one of the most common construction materials, and you can see it just about everywhere. Lately, however, some scientists have been trying to find ways to create cement-free ...

Almost a century old, the 90-minute rule for mixed concrete has dictated how mixed concrete is handled. Here's why it matters ...

Researchers have traced the remarkable durability of Roman concrete to a specific ancient mixing technique that gives the ...

RMIT researchers have developed a new type of "green concrete" that incorporates twice as much recycled coal ash as existing low-carbon concretes, halves the amount of cement required, and lasts even ...

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 ...

Concrete and steel production are major sources of CO2 emissions, but a new solution from Cambridge could recycle both at the same time. Throwing old concrete into steel-processing furnaces not only ...

Concrete, cement, same difference. Or so you might think. Though some of us definitely use the terms interchangeably, the two materials have very different uses in construction. It's kind of like a ...

Heidelberg Materials North America has moved towards sustainability by turning one of its cement plants into a slag grinding facility. Slag is often disregarded as a waste product from metals during ...

Despite what it sounds like, a concrete calculator is not a mathematical device made of cement. A concrete calculator is actually a digital (or mental) tool for estimating how much concrete a ...