Perhaps the most astounding thing is that even today our concrete isn’t nearly as durable, despite modern inventions such as reinforcing with rebar. Reverse-engineering ancient Roman concrete ...

This could vastly improve the durability of modern concrete, and even reduce the carbon footprint from making it. The downside is a longer curing time, and resource allocation — it wouldn’t be ...

It's been around for over 60 centuries, forming massive ancient structures like the Roman Colosseum and the Pantheon, and more modern ones like Canada's famous CN Tower. Poured concrete has also ...

In the 1820s, in Leeds, England, about 200 miles from Imperial College, a stone mason named Joseph Aspdin invented modern cement. Aspdin heated a concoction of finely ground limestone and clay in ...

Author: Prof. Christoph Dauberschmidt, Prof. Stephan Engelsmann, Prof. Ulrike Förschler, Torsten Förster, Franz Forstlechner, Prof. Peter Lieblang, Prof. Stefan ...

Concrete built much of the modern world. It paves highways, shelters millions, and forms the foundations of countless buildings. But cement, the crucial powder that serves as the binder in ...