Mixing pea gravel with concrete is not only possible, it's actually beneficial for certain projects, as long as you do it correctly. Pea gravel consists of smooth, rounded stones that are typically ...

Concrete is everywhere, right? We walk on it, drive on it, build our houses on it. But producing the ubiquitous construction material makes up a significant portion of global greenhouse gases that are ...

Archaeologists working at an excavation site in Pompeii have uncovered new evidence that helps explain why ancient Roman buildings have ...

The Portland Cement Association (PCA) is now offering the newest version of "Design and Control of Concrete Mixture," newly updated in 2008. It addresses the fundamentals of freshly mixed and hardened ...

New research shows Roman concrete relied on heat-driven mixing and reactive lime, giving it a surprising self-healing ability ...

Archaeologists at a Pompeii site buried by the 79 AD eruption of Mount Vesuvius have uncovered evidence of ancient Roman ...

Concrete, in one form or another, has been a staple of human construction for some 5,000 years. Now, researchers have finally brought the ancient technology to outer space. For the first time, ...

Archaeologists in Pompeii discovered a workshop that combined two elements that allowed the concrete to “heal” itself.