Together with a team they developed a method to combine old concrete with carbon dioxide, taken from the air or industrial exhaust, to create a new, durable material called calcium carbonate concrete.

By incorporating innovative materials and techniques, the construction industry can take meaningful steps toward a more ...

The carbon dioxide then reacts with the calcium ions in cement to form a very hard substance called calcium carbonate, ...

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More than perhaps any other material, cement is the glue that holds the globalized world together—especially our cities. But producing it requires huge amounts of fossil fuels, and the industry ...

King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT) has joined hands with the Royal Irrigation Department (RID) in a ...

KMUTT and RID launch bio-cement project to tackle soil salinity in northeastern Thailand, aiming to improve agriculture and ...

O’Mullane said the use of renewable energy to capture CO2 and create calcium carbonate may be needed in the cement industry, which is one of the tougher industries to decarbonize. “We envision ...

"By applying a mild electric stimulation to marine soils, we systematically and mechanistically proved that it is possible to ...

Concrete is an incredibly useful and versatile building material on which not only today’s societies, but also the ancient Roman Empire was built. To this day Roman concrete structures can be ...