Why is cement a powder form but hard as stone when mixed with water?
Cement is one of the most useful materials in the construction industry. Cement itself is a soft powder, but when mixed with water, it hardens and can combine with sand ...
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Why do ancient Roman structures like the Pantheon still stand strong?
As one of the wonders of the capital city of Rome (Italy) and a pride of ancient Romans, the architecture of the Pantheon has long been regarded as an unshakeable ...
Mobile factory produces mortar-free bricks from rubble
The factory can produce 8,000 Lego-like blocks each day, enough to build a school or 10 townhouses in a week.The mobile brick factory from Mobile Crisis Construction (MCC), Australia, transforms ...
Why is China banning the use of red bricks for building houses in the future?
Throughout human history, the selection of building materials has continuously evolved. From the earliest wooden architectural structures to modern glass and reinforced concrete buildings, each type of material has its ...
Environmentally friendly building materials made from sugarcane bagasse
The carbon emissions from Sugarcrete bricks are less than 20 times, and they are 4-5 times lighter than traditional bricks.Recently, Grimshaw, an architectural studio in collaboration with the University of ...
Low Carbon Content Construction Materials
Xinhua News Agency cites expert Wang Shutao from the Institute of Physics and Chemistry Engineering (TIPC) under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, who states that traditional cement-based building materials consume ...
Secret Materials for Building Notre-Dame Cathedral in the Middle Ages
Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris is one of the most famous Gothic cathedrals in the world, constructed from the 12th to the 14th century in Paris, France.During its construction, architects implemented ...
New research shows that wood has a function in combating climate change
The scientific journal Cell Reports Physical Science from the Netherlands has recently published a study from Rice University in the United States (RU), which has developed a stronger type of ...
Students from the Polytechnic University produce bio-cement from soybean seeds
Students from Danang University of Science and Technology Create Cement-like Adhesive Using Urease Enzyme Extracted from SoybeansSince mid-2020, Quoc Anh and Huu Hoang have been researching how to produce biological ...
Discovering the type of tree used to build the Great Wall of China
Scientists Analyze Plant Material Found in the Great Wall of China and Discover Reed in the Construction Material.Some of the oldest sections of the Great Wall of China were built ...
