To make aerated concrete, add a foam-forming agent and stir in a significant amount of air. This serves to make the concrete ...

Mixing and utilizing concrete in a construction project, be it in a professional capacity or as part of a home DIY project, is generally a pretty slow-going process. Despite some impressive efforts to ...

Concrete contractors working a job too small for a ready mix truck have a short list of options to prep concrete. Top of the list is the tool and wheelbarrow. While tried and true, it’s the choice ...

Multiquip offers the battery-powered Mix-N-Go Concrete Mixer for concrete projects, rental applications and construction sites. The product features zero emissions and a rechargeable battery drive.

Researchers at Tokyo University have developed a new technology that can turn any type of food waste into edible cement for construction use, with a tensile strength quadruple that of ordinary ...

A version of this story appeared in Volume 101, Issue 26 Making cement, the main ingredient of concrete, produces about 8% of global carbon dioxide emissions. By giving concrete energy-storing powers ...