Researcher accidentally discovers material that's stronger and cheaper than concrete — and its potential is dizzying

A material that got its start in the Arizona desert is showing up in science journals with astounding reports that it could ...
IFLScience

Living Cement: The Microbes In Your Walls Could Power The Future

Holly has a degree in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Leicester. Her scientific interests include genomics, personalized medicine, and bioethics. Cement has long been seen as one of the ...
For Construction Pros

Bredel Hose Pumps Preferred in Abrasive Cement Slurry Applications

A number of Bredel pumps from Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group (WMFTG) are proving highly successful in the circulation and transfer of waste return slurry from concrete slab manufacturing ...
Oregonian

Truck loses load, spilling concrete slurry near Linnton and briefly snarling traffic on U.S. 30

An Oregon Department of Transportation crew helps clean up a wet concrete slurry spill that briefly slowed traffic on U.S. 30 at N.W. Marina Way near Linnton during the noon hour Wednesday, December ...
Los Angeles Times

Tests warned of cement problems before well’s blowout

Reporting from Atlanta and Washington — Weeks before the Deepwater Horizon explosion, oil company BP and subcontractor Halliburton were aware of test results showing that the cement mixture designed ...