The discovery of a 2,000-year-old building site in Pompeii reveals the raw ingredients for ancient Roman self-healing ...

Architectural concrete as we know it today was invented in the 19th century. It reached new heights in the U.S. after World War II when mid-century modernism was in vogue, following in the footsteps ...

New research suggests the Romans used a method known as "hot mixing" to produce self-healing concrete, which allowed them to ...

New research shows Roman concrete relied on heat-driven mixing and reactive lime, giving it a surprising self-healing ability ...

Learn why concrete homes are becoming the go-to solution for wildfire-prone areas, offering unprecedented safety and ...

Concrete is one of the most widely used construction materials, but its production is a significant source of carbon emissions due to the energy-intensive process of cement manufacturing. As the ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) -- We probably won't know for months exactly what caused the deadly condo collapse in Surfside, Florida. What we do know is that it was an older concrete multi-story building.

Sad though it is, it’s progress," said a former Riverview resident who looked on as the first chunks of concrete fell.

Archaeologists in Pompeii discovered a workshop that combined two elements that allowed the concrete to “heal” itself.

Syracuse, N.Y. – To build its massive chipmaking complex in Central New York, Micron Technology would have to pour six times more concrete than it took to build the Pentagon. Micron would also use ...

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Concrete has been critical to the colonization of our own planet. The Romans and Egyptians built their empires upon it, and when their formula for concrete was lost, humanity invented it all over ...