Last month, on a bitterly cold day, a truck pulled up to a construction site in Boston and poured concrete. It looked and performed like ordinary concrete—but it was the first commercial use of a new ...

Concrete and cement sound similar, but the two materials serve different roles in construction and aren't equally suited to ...

The world's most common construction material has a secret. Cement, the "glue" that holds concrete together, gradually "breathes in" and stores millions of tons of carbon dioxide (CO 2) from the air ...

Did you know a hazardous coal byproduct is the secret to stronger concrete? Discover what this waste material is and why it ...

The construction industry has a climate problem: cement. Cement is an essential ingredient in the 30 billion tons of concrete used worldwide every year. But it’s also responsible for about 8% of the ...

In 2014, hundreds of Angelenos gathered downtown to watch more than 2,000 trucks pour concrete into a vast hole. During that event, Los Angeles set a world record: 80 million pounds of concrete were ...

Concrete built much of the modern world. It paves highways, shelters millions and forms the foundations of countless buildings. But cement, the crucial powder that serves as the binder in concrete, ...

Sublime Systems is trying to drive down the carbon footprint of cement production. Cement hides in plain sight—it’s used to build everything from roads and buildings to dams and basement floors. But ...