Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A close-up view of a mound of pea gravel - Suebsiri/Getty Images Mixing pea gravel with concrete is not only possible, it's ...

Concrete is everywhere, right? We walk on it, drive on it, build our houses on it. But producing the ubiquitous construction material makes up a significant portion of global greenhouse gases that are ...

Concrete, in one form or another, has been a staple of human construction for some 5,000 years. Now, researchers have finally brought the ancient technology to outer space. For the first time, ...

When manufacturers produce cement for concrete, they can add a material called ground granulated blast furnace slag (GGBS) to their mixture. GGBS is a by-product of iron produced by blast furnaces and ...

To make aerated concrete, add a foam-forming agent and stir in a significant amount of air. This serves to make the concrete significantly lighter, better insulating, and more resilient to fire.

From countertops to fireplace surrounds, decorative contractors continue to push the limits of concrete. The beauty of decorative concrete begins with the mix design, and with several precast mixes ...

NASA astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor mixes cement samples for the MICS mission aboard the International Space Station. NASA There’s been a lot of talk in the last decade about humans returning to ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Concrete is not glamorous. It is the workhorse of building materials: versatile, durable, and almost universally ubiquitous, with 30 billion tons of concrete produced every year ...