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Cheap, strong and versatile, concrete is the second most consumed material globally after water, with 30 billion tonnes used annually (Nature 597, 593–594; 2021). Production of concrete is ...

Concrete is one of the biggest greenhouse gas emitters in the world, so scientists are developing new strategies to mitigate its climate impact. One of those strategies is to create a concrete ...

Check out this collection of 40 projects that highlight the use of concrete. Impressive! Casa Scout / BAAG. Image gallery. See all Show less. Share. Facebook. Twitter. Mail. Pinterest.

Recently shared photos show concrete works progressing on The Line megacity, which is being built as part of Neom in northwest Saudi Arabia. In a LinkedIn post titled Neom is real part 24, The ...

Concrete is probably as close to a wonder material as we’re ever going to get. It’s extremely strong, cheap, versatile, and long-lasting.

Newtab-22 has used waste seashells salvaged from the seafood and aquaculture industries to develop a sustainable material that resembles concrete. Named Sea Stone, the material is made by grinding ...

A group of scientists at the world-reknowned MIT is working to make the one of the world's oldest man-made substances, concrete, environmentally-friendly ...

More than 100 schools in England have been ordered to partially or fully shut buildings over concerns the concrete they were constructed with is unsafe. We put your questions to Professor Chris ...

A total of 231 schools in England were confirmed to have Raac, or reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete, in the most recent government list issued last month. Due to this, many of these schools ...

We didn’t notice [Nikita]’s post about building a concrete 3D printer, a few months ago, but the idea seems sound: build a basic CNC XY axis and then add a mortar pump and hose to depos… ...