Graphene Flagship partners the University of Bologna, Politecnico di Milano, CNR, NEST, Italcementi HeidelbergCement Group, the Israel Institute of Technology, Eindhoven University of Techno... Read more
Building materials that clean themselves could save immense time and labor in homes and businesses, as well as reduce disease risk in settings such as hospitals. Now, researchers reporting i... Read more
A pedestrian bridge designed by Deakin University researchers for a North Geelong park will use a new type of reinforced concrete that doesn’t need any maintenance. The bridge over Cow... Read more
A new building material developed at Empa is about to be launched on the market: “memory-steel” can not only be used to reinforce new, but also existing concrete structures. When... Read more
Rice engineers use byproduct from coal-fired power plants to replace Portland cement Rice University engineers have developed a composite binder made primarily of fly ash, a byproduct of coa... Read more
Binghamton University researchers have been working on a self-healing concrete that uses a specific type of fungi as a healing agent. America’s crumbling infrastructure has been a topic of o... Read more
A new greener, stronger and more durable concrete that is made using the wonder-material graphene could revolutionise the construction industry. Experts from the University of Exeter have de... Read more
Adding bits of irradiated plastic water bottles could cut cement industry’s carbon emissions. Discarded plastic bottles could one day be used to build stronger, more flexible concrete struct... Read more
A new seismic-resistant, fibre-reinforced concrete developed at the University of British Columbia will see its first real-life application this fall as part of the seismic retrofit of a Van... Read more
