Question: Why does concrete get hot when it is curing? Answer: Simply put, water plus aggregates (gravel, sand, stone), plus cement (such as Portland cement) start a chain of chemical reactions called ...
From a mental standpoint, there remains work to be done.
A new test developed at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign can predict the performance of a new type of cementitious ...
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Residents living near a Berkshire Concrete Corp. sand mine in Dalton brought their concerns before the town's Board of Health, mustering a large enough crowd to require a change of ...
How might you make your mark on the world forever? Write a play more timeless than Shakespeare, or compose music to out-do ...
It’s fun to conceptualise like this, and set the human story within the grand perspective of Earth’s history. But there’s a ...
With California's biggest storm of the season on its way, officials have set up sandbag pickup stations throughout Los ...
A fast-tracked sand mining proposal is dredging up the painful past for local hapū members, who fear their voices will be ignored amid the rush.