Researchers at IIT Indore have discovered a method to enhance concrete strength using food waste and non-pathogenic bacteria. The bacteria and waste form calcium carbonate crystals that fill ...

Jianzhuang Xiao is a professor of recycled concrete materials and structures at Tongji University, Shanghai, China, and a vice-president at Guangxi University, Nanning, China. Zongjin Li is a ...

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 ...

This study reveals how particle packing models in fiber-reinforced concrete reduce environmental impact while maintaining ...

to identify basic components in concrete, study cracks and microcracks, and identify secondary deposits that form when concrete deteriorates, such as gel from alkali-silica reaction. Figures 1-3 ...

MassDOT says it will carefully examine tunnels in Boston and across the state after it launched emergency inspections inside the Pru Tunnel when concrete came crashing down on unsuspecting motorists.