Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. StarCrete, a material made of potato starch, salt and simulated Mars or moon dirt, is twice as strong as conventional concrete, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. UCLA civil engineering professor Gaurav Sant is flanked by project scientists Iman Mehdipour, left, and Gabe Falzone behind a ...

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For centuries, builders have been making concrete roughly the same way: by mixing hard materials like sand with various binders, and hoping it stays fixed and rigid for a long time to come. Now, an ...

The new brick can be manufactured with a high density, compressive strength, tensile strength and Young's modulus (the ability to withstand changes under lengthwise compression). Researchers led by a ...

On a scorching July morning at a testing facility outside of Paris, a cadre of scientists, engineers, and architects wearing hard hats and safety goggles watched through protective glass as a machine ...