As a widely used material across the globe, cement has a massive environmental footprint and accounts for around eight percent of our CO2 emissions, but scientists hope to eat into this problem by ...
Princeton researchers believe seashells might just hold the key to stronger concrete.
Data centers siphon huge amounts of energy to power artificial intelligence. But their environmental footprint starts to balloon even before the first server switches on due to the immense amount of ...
The technology shows particular effectiveness for snowfall accumulations of 2 inches or less. While heavy blizzards may ...
In a typical construction cycle, sturdy slabs are treated as waste once a building ...
As scientists work to shore up the strength and durability of concrete, it mightn't come as a huge surprise that the wonder material graphene is proving to be a promising additive. As the world's ...
What it is: Techniques for suppressing the chemical reaction between glass and cement that has kept glass from being used as an aggregate in concrete. The market: Local governments, commercial ...
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Cement industry slams into a wall and there is no way back

Cement, the gray powder that quietly underpins modern life, has finally met its limits. After decades in which ever more concrete seemed synonymous with progress, global consumption has stalled and, ...