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Romans made concrete that's still standing 2,000 years later, and we still haven't figured out how
So, Roman concrete just... won't fall. The Pantheon is still standing. Roman harbor walls have been sitting in seawater for two millennia and are somehow fine. Every few years, another study comes out ...
A new material made of seawater, carbon dioxide, and electricity could give the construction industry a much-needed climate upgrade. Developed by researchers at Northwestern University, the paste-like ...
At its core, concrete construction hasn’t changed much. If you excavate deep enough to the core of the work, there isn’t much of a difference between the concrete contractors do today versus what was ...
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