In a typical construction cycle, sturdy slabs are treated as waste once a building ...

Concrete is quietly being reimagined as a giant rechargeable battery, turning walls, foundations and roadways into hidden reservoirs of clean power. By embedding energy storage directly into the built ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Over the past few years, scientists have developed new kinds of a multifunctional concrete, whether that be self-healing or carbon-sequestering. Now, ...

Recent research in Sweden and Finland shows how used concrete's lifespan can be extended another 50 to 100 years when incorporated into new construction. A team from KTH Royal Institute of Technology ...