China develops a "marshmallow" cement to prevent plane crashes.
An ultra-lightweight concrete with 80% porosity stops a Boeing 747 without damage. China is testing "marshmallow concrete" at domestic airports.
Innovation in building materials: "rice" concrete arrives
New sustainable building materials: AI-tested rice ash can reduce CO2 emissions in the cement industry.
Sublime Systems, electric breakthrough: zero impact concrete and without ovens
Forget 1.400°C ovens: Sublime Systems uses electrolysis to produce zero-emission concrete. An innovation that could change the world.
Cement and carbon black: MIT's recipe for turning buildings into batteries
MIT develops a supercapacitor concrete that could turn our homes and streets into massive electric batteries, revolutionizing the way we store green energy.
Clean air underground with photocatalytic cement
Transforming road pollution into clean air: a brilliant prospect, especially for tunnels, thanks to photocatalytic concrete
StarCrete, the 'cosmic' cement made from potatoes and dust, twice as resistant
Homes on Mars? StarCrete, "cosmic" cement made from space dust and potato starch, will make the impossible possible.
Future homes? Ready in 15 minutes, with air and cement
New York startup has developed an ingenious construction technique that allows houses to be "blown up" and filled with concrete
A rechargeable concrete battery could power the world
The characteristics of concrete buildings make them perfect as batteries, and a study shows their possible, widespread uses.
Conductive concrete created: it can change the face of construction
A special concrete capable of conducting electricity and heat can transform home heating systems and the sustainability of buildings.
A bacteria-based self-healing paste can regenerate historic buildings
Tragedies like that of Morandi can be avoided with a bacterial paste that generates a self-repairing cement. New life to historic buildings and futuristic stone architecture.
A “living” concrete transforms bacteria into replicating bricks
A brick made of bacteria can replicate to eight bricks. Living cement can make construction more environmentally sustainable.
Print a house in less than a day.
One of the most promising fields of near-future technologies is that of 3D printing. ...
Self-repairing Biocement arrives: this is the construction of the future
Bacteria friends are able to restore cracks and flaking in concrete, a bit like healing a wound. Biocemento was born.
