Materials scientists develop techniques to control the microscopic shape of cement particles for the bottom-up manufacture of stronger, more durable and more environmentally friendly concrete.

What if you could get the look of wood for a patio or pool deck, but without the work needed to keep the wood looking its best? As more homeowners focus on either creating or sprucing up their outdoor ...

Most people don't think of concrete as art yet its drab, utilitarian image has morphed beyond sidewalks and freeways to become a design medium. Malleable as clay when it's wet, durable when it sets, ...

Forget scarves and mittens. Soon, we might be able to knit entire buildings. A team from the Swiss university ETH Zurich has developed a technique that allows them to knit textiles that can then form ...

Double O Studio has designed Trefoil House in Aroeira, Portugal, as a series of overlapping concrete shapes topped by a long swimming pool. Set on a sandy site amongst pine trees close to the Atlantic ...

The winners of the photography competition 'Concrete in Life' 2024/25 have been announced with Danish photographer Henrik Hagerup picking up the US$10,000 main prize. Organized by the Global Cement ...

New York, June 18, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Insulated Concrete Form (ICF) Market Overview: According to a comprehensive research report by Market Research Future (MRFR), “Insulated Concrete Form ...

HOUSTON - (Dec. 7, 2016) - Bringing order to disorder is key to making stronger and greener cement, the paste that binds concrete. Scientists at Rice University have decoded the kinetic properties of ...