Graphene Flagship partners the University of Bologna, Politecnico di Milano, CNR, NEST, Italcementi HeidelbergCement Group, the Israel Institute of Technology, Eindhoven University... 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 r... 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 bridg... 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 struct... 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 byprod... 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... 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 Exet... 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 concr... 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 retrofi... Read more
Rutgers’ Richard Riman invented energy-efficient technology that could help limit climate change In the future, wide-ranging composite materials are expected to be stronger, lighte... Read more
New concrete to reduce time needed for road works by more than half Nanyang Technological University (NTU Singapore) scientists from the NTU-JTC Industrial Infrastructure Innovatio... Read more
Researchers look to bones and shells as blueprints for stronger, more durable concrete. Researchers at MIT are seeking to redesign concrete — the most widely used human-made materi... Read more
The new building material could transform polluting emissions into a valuable resource Imagine a world with little or no concrete. Would that even be possible? After all, concrete... Read more
