Concrete is one of those technologies that was used for centuries—in this case, by the Romans—and then had to be invented again centuries later. But once we rediscovered it, we were hooked. The only ...

The manufacturers of Portland Cement are celebrating the 100th anni-versary of their industry. It was in Leeds, England, 100 years ago, that Joseph Aspdin discovered that a new building material could ...

The chemical secrets of a concrete Roman breakwater that has spent the last 2,000 years submerged in the Mediterranean Sea have been uncovered by an international team of researchers led by Paulo ...