American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials’ Committee on Materials and Pavements approves Purdue-invented method as a national standard for estimating concrete strength WEST ...

Argo Graphene Solutions reported that a 56-day compressive strength test on its graphene-infused concrete mix poured in Bristol, Tennessee, showed a 24.35% increase over the 4,000 psi design strength, ...

Solving the problem that is concrete—the second-most-used substance, after water, and a candidate for the most harmful to the planet—has inspired a wave of start-ups to develop less harmful ...

The world's most common construction material has a secret. Cement, the "glue" that holds concrete together, gradually ...

It’s a major contributor to climate change—the way buildings and roads are made with concrete. It’s also a problem that’s growing as more of the world develops. So the race has been on to find ...

Photo of workers pouring concrete from a bird's eye view. Manufacturing the cement that binds the world’s concrete structures releases massive amounts of CO 2 into the atmosphere. Credit: Shutterstock ...