Explore inside a modern cement plant and discover how cement is made using advanced technology, from raw materials to the ...
University of Wisconsin’s Clean Energy Community Initiative hosted UW College of Engineering Associate Professor Bu Wang, PhD, for a talk about his research on new carbon-negative cement replacements.
The construction industry has a climate problem: cement. Cement is an essential ingredient in the 30 billion tons of concrete used worldwide every year. But it’s also responsible for about 8% of the ...
Yes, mollusks. Mollusks have a special composite material lining their inner shell, known as “nacre.” Nacre, also known as ...
MIT chemist Admir Masic really hoped his experiment wouldn’t explode. Masic and his colleagues were trying to re-create an ancient Roman technique for making concrete, a mix of cement, gravel, sand ...