Concrete is one of the quiet foundations of modern life, yet it is also one of the dirtiest materials humanity produces. A ...

Scientists in Germany have successfully turned urine into bio-concrete, as part of a project aiming to revolutionize sustainable construction by creating building materials from waste. The research ...

Researchers at the University of Stuttgart have used microbial processes to produce environmentally friendly bio-concrete from urine as part of a “wastewater-bio-concrete-fertilizer” value chain. With ...

BOULDER, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Global design firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) partnered with Prometheus Materials, a leader in zero-carbon building materials, to design and produce ...

This latest accomplishment joins the company’s previously secured ASTM certifications, enhancing the features and expanding the end-uses for its microalgae-based bio-cement and bio-concrete. BOULDER, ...

We live in the Age of Concrete. Look around you. If you’re inside, the building likely has a lot of concrete. If you’re ...

Cement production accounts for 8 percent of annual CO2 emissions and consumes 9 percent of annual industrial water on a global basis, making reducing cement’s impact on climate change a huge challenge ...

Using intricate geometry found in nature and refined through aerospace and biomedical design, scientists have now 3D-printed these forms into concrete to boost strength and capture carbon – creating a ...

Concrete is a huge contributor to worldwide CO2 emissions, and Concrete Masonry Units (aka cinder blocks or breeze blocks) make up a significant part of this. However, a new project by Skidmore, ...

Veteran structural engineer Don Davies has a dream. He wants to grow farm-to-building materials. Davies already owns the family farm in his native Idaho, but isn’t quite ready to plant the seeds to ...

New research addresses some of the technical issues that still need to be solved for 3D printed concrete to be strong enough for use in more free-form structures. Researchers found lobster-inspired ...

We love concrete. We use it everywhere — skyscrapers, data centers, roofs, sidewalks, homes. The problem is, concrete doesn’t love us. Its key ingredient, cement, is the source of 8% of the world’s ...