In a Melbourne lab, a team of engineers may have triggered a pivotal shift in the global construction industry. Researchers ...

Picture the Pantheon in Rome. Considering that it was built in CE 128, it has held together remarkably well under the footsteps of hundreds of millions of visitors over the centuries. If the ancient ...

If there’s one material that shapes the bones of nearly every modern structure, it’s cement. From small DIY projects to sprawling infrastructure, cement is the backbone that supports construction work ...

More than perhaps any other material, cement is the glue that holds the globalized world together—especially our cities. But producing it requires huge amounts of fossil fuels, and the industry is ...

The construction industry is under increasing pressure to reduce its environmental footprint, and a significant focus has been placed on low-carbon concrete. Concrete is a vital material for ...

Sustained space exploration will require infrastructure that doesn’t currently exist: buildings, housing, rocket landing pads. So, where do you turn for construction materials when they are too big to ...

Concrete is a material that quite literally holds our cities together. From homes and apartment buildings to bridges, viaducts, and sidewalks, this ubiquitous gray material’s importance to modern ...