Looking back 35 years to his job in Northern Virginia as an American Concrete Institute testing technician responsible for the quality of concrete delivered to building jobsites, civil engineer Rick ...

Researchers have boosted concrete strength by nearly 60 % using a mix of graphene oxide and steel fibers. This could be a non-destructive way to improve durability in modern construction. Image Credit ...

Concrete 2.0 is here, and it’s being designed by artificial intelligence. In a landmark leap for materials science, researchers at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering have developed an AI-powered ...

How researchers built a supercapacitor from concrete and carbon black. Detailed theory and analysis, and the performance they achieved. The possible implications of this energy-storage component. The ...

Swiss startup Energy Vault came out of stealth mode in 2018, and has been on an upward trajectory since then. The company created a system to store electricity by elevating concrete blocks, and ...