1+ week, 2+ day ago   (308+ words) AZoBuild American Chemical SocietyOct 6 2026Reviewed What if the energy powering your home or office could be generated, stored, and used all in the same place? This is the hope for the next generation of buildings, powered by renewable sources storing the…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (508+ words) The inherent permeability of concrete and crack expansion facilitate the ingress of harmful substances, leading to premature structural failure. To address these issues, self-healing concrete, which utilizes naturally occurring bacteria to produce calcium carbonate, has emerged as a promising, eco-friendly…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (1129+ words) Refuse-derived fuels (RDF) and other alternative fuels such as plastic residues, biomass, used tires, and processed waste fractions are seeing increasingly widespread use in cement rotary kilns, replacing fossil fuels. RDFs help reduce greenhouse gas emissions by substituting coal, oil,…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (635+ words) Concrete infrastructure in coastal and chloride-rich environments faces a persistent durability problem: chloride ions can penetrate the concrete cover, disrupt the protective layer around reinforcing steel, and initiate corrosion, eventually leading to cracking and deterioration. The challenge becomes more complex…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (886+ words) Researchers have developed a real-options valuation model covering 179 integrated cement plants across Europe to examine how policy and technology uncertainty could shape decarbonization efforts in Europe’s cement industry. Their results, published in Nature Communications, show that investor confidence can strongly…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago   (448+ words) A technique borrowed from the bakery could help make concrete tougher and better insulated. Researchers have created a “puff pastry-inspired” cement by repeatedly rolling and folding it into thin layers, producing a material that resists cracking far better than conventional…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (994+ words) Researchers have examined whether two unconventional ingredients, iron processing waste and dynamically prepared magnetized water, can work together to improve concrete performance while reducing reliance on natural river sand. Study: Influence of iron processing waste and dynamically prepared magnetized water…...

2+ mon, 3+ day ago   (1097+ words) Portland cement production accounts for more than 8% of global carbon emissions, and demand is expected to climb by roughly 25% by 2050.1 About half of that carbon comes from chemistry rather than from fuel, and is released when limestone breaks down into…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (522+ words) In a recent article published in the journal Scientific Reports, researchers investigated the potential of cocoa pod husk extract as a sustainable, bio-based concrete retarder to improve setting time and workability while maintaining mechanical performance. This research addresses the need…...