Concrete Science

Researchers at MIT have discovered something that has eluded science for all of history. In research funded by Portuguese cement producer Cimpor, MIT has finally modeled the crystalline structure of cement hydrate. Yes, in spite of cement being the most widely used manmade building material in the world, no one really knew how it worked, at [...]

Pixie Dust Redux

Calera is back in the news with it’s CO2 eating cement made by reacting stack emissions with a magnesium salt rich water solution. The San Francisco Chronical is reporting on his pilot plant and California and the fact that Constantz has managed to get himself invited to speak about Calera to the World of Concrete trade [...]