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New Low-Carbon Concrete Outperforms Today’s Highway Material While Cutting Costs in Minnesota
A private-public partnership has paved a section of Minnesota road with an experimental low-carbon concrete mixture that resulted in greater strength and lesser cement...
Concrete Made 30% Stronger by Adding Waste Coffee Grounds–Cutting Emissions and Mining in the Process
Engineers in Australia have found a way of making stronger concrete by utilizing coffee grounds, giving the roast a “double shot” at life and...
Rescuers Move 5,000 Pounds of Concrete to Rescue Mewing Kitten From Storm Drain
This little nugget went through quite the ordeal after falling down a storm drain near Port Jefferson Station on Long Island, NY.
After someone heard...
All Kinds of Trash is Turned into Valuable Graphene That Can Cut Environmental Impact of Concrete by a Third
Imagine if you could turn a material that costs $100 per ton into one that costs thousands of dollars per pound—it's the kind of...
Shredded Diapers Could Replace 40% of Concrete Sand in Construction–Without Affecting Strength
Seeking to find sustainable solutions to low-cost housing in Indonesia, scientists in the world's third-most-populous nation hypothesized that used diapers could, if one can...
Former NBA Star Rick Fox is Manufacturing Concrete That Absorbs More CO2 Than it Creates
If someone asked you what Rick Fox was famous for, you would have to say the three NBA Championships he won with the Lakers,...
When Life Gives You Carbon… Make a Factory for Producing Carbon-Negative Concrete
Concrete is being made in Finland with a carbon-negative replacement for cement, something the company hopes will trap more CO2 than it takes to...
Secret to Durability of Roman Concrete that Has Stood Test of Time for Over 2,000 Years Finally Discovered
When it comes to explaining Roman engineering, people looking to demonstrate their genius have a variety of use cases, but the secret to why...
Meet the Sustainable Alternative to Concrete that Caught the Eye of Dior and Louis Vuitton
What do an American crayfish, a Japanese weed, a French fashion label, and a British designer have in common? They are coming together to...
The ‘World’s Longest’ 3D-Printed Concrete Bridge Erected in The Netherlands
In the Netherlands, a country famous for all manner of methods for surmounting aquatic obstacles, an engineering company recently completed the world's largest 3D-printed...
German Company Makes Concrete to Charge Electric Vehicles From Roads With 95% Efficiency and Low Cost
Indiana could be the first state in the Union to have a wireless charging road that tops up your electric vehicle as you drive...
Build With Compost: Researchers Turn Food Scraps Into Materials Stronger Than Concrete
Most people don't think much about the food scraps they throw away; however, researchers in Tokyo have developed a new method to reduce food...
Retired Wind Turbine Blades Get Turned into Bridges and Reinforced Concrete
As fast as old wind turbine blades are becoming a recycling problem, there are solutions being presented to solve it.
In Ireland, used wind turbine...
Branson-backed Company Captures Mega Tons of Carbon Injected Into Concrete–and Amazon is Building Their HQ With It
The second-most abundant manmade material in the world is being employed by a start-up to 'jail' carbon dioxide produced by factories before it's sent...
Kenyan Woman’s Startup Recycles Plastic Waste into Bricks That Are 5x Stronger Than Concrete
An absolutely brilliant young woman in Kenya has started a company manufacturing bricks from recycled plastic.
Nzambi Matee says she was "tired of being on...
Stanford Designer is Making Bricks Out of Fast-Growing Mushrooms That Are Stronger than Concrete
While there aren't any species of mushroom large enough to live in, one Bay-area designer thinks he can make one if he only cranks...
Scientists Create a ‘Living Concrete’ That Uses Bacteria to Heal Itself When Damaged
Our houses of the future may be made with bacteria that can regenerate, suck CO2 out of the air, and even glow on command.
Rather Than End Up in a Landfill, Non-Recyclable Glass May Soon Be a Cheaper New Ingredient in Concrete
Australian researchers have developed an exciting new technique for making concrete out of non-recyclable glass that has been turned back into sand.
The team found...
Say Bye to Potholes: New Concrete Recipe Can Withstand Road Salt
Say goodbye to the bumps and holes plaguing your road – because this new concrete recipe can now withstand the deterioration of road salt.
With...
Listen To This Concrete Organ Played By The Ocean (WATCH)
This soothing melody coming from the stone steps of the shore is enough to make anyone wanna make their bags and take the first flight to Croatia.