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The design of new materials allows for either improved efficiency of known applications or totally new applications that were out of reach with the previously existing ma...
Primarily used as a binder in road construction, bitumen is also used in other applications such as electronics, roofing, and adhesives due to its resistance to water, in...
As populations continue to grow, we see an increasing demand for supporting infrastructure. There are more cars on the roads; as such, we need to construct and repair mor...
Ever since graphene (a thin carbon sheet just one-atom thick) was discovered more than 15 years ago, the wonder material became a workhorse in materials science research....
Six pipe rack modules needed to be set across various existing infrastructure including four lanes of Illinois Highway 3, the Mississippi River levee, and five railroad t...
Acrow, a leading international bridge engineering and supply company, recently supplied a modular steel bridge to provide passage between the communities of Lafitte and B...
New processing methods developed by MIT researchers could help ease looming shortages of the essential metals that power everything from phones to automotive batteries, b...
Doosan Corporation Electro-Materials, a global leader of electro-materials and a business group of Doosan, announced that it has been named a CES® 2022 Innovation Awards...
Algoma Central Corporation, a leading provider of marine transportation services, and Nova Marine a Europe based ship-owning and operating company specialized in the dry-...
Today, LafargeHolcim in the United States announced the acquisition of Marshall Concrete Products, a longstanding and trusted supplier of concrete products and services i...
As a leader in innovative and sustainable building solutions, Lafarge Canada is making it easier for mining companies to extract material sustainably. A new ultra low car...
The new versatile VR-L Table is ideal for projects with large square footage. The system is designed to boost productivity at the job site, lower labour costs, and reduce...
The University of Adelaide has launched its Quantum Materials strategy with its focus on cutting-edge fundamental research and delivering new quantum-enabled technologies...
Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge, Brookhaven and Idaho national laboratories and Stony Brook University have developed a novel approach to gain fundame...
With the pandemic still raging, supply chain disruptions, the chip shortage, climate catastrophes, and geopolitical turbulence, it is safe to say 2021 has not been smooth...
Buildings are a big contributor to global warming, not just in their ongoing operations but in the materials used in their construction. Truss structures — those crisscro...
Asahi Kasei, a diversified Japanese multinational company, concluded an agreement with Shell Eastern Petroleum (Pte) Ltd., regarding the supply of butadiene derived from...
Geotextiles tubes have over the past few years been extensively utilized in wide range of dewatering applications world over. Fabric with specialized dewatering functiona...
ACO Water Management has launched its new advanced hydrodynamic separator, the V-Septor. Throughout the construction industry, there is an onus on reducing environmental...
The process of forcing aluminum alloy material from a specific cross-sectional profile is known as Aluminium extrusion. The process puts the physical characteristics of A...
A team of researchers from the U.S. National Science Foundation Center for Sustainable Polymers based at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities have developed a chemical...
HS2 contractor Align JV, comprising Bouygues, Sir Robert McAlpine and VolkerFitzpatrick are piling the foundations for the 3.4km long Colne Valley Viaduct – the UK’...
Danny Adamson, Managing Director at Messagemaker Displays Ltd. has shared his insights on the importance of specifying only TSRGD compliant LED signage for public highway...
Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory designed a novel polymer to bind and strengthen silica sand for binder jet additive manufacturing,...
Laser additive manufacturing – a form of 3D printing that builds up parts layer-by-layer by melting and resolidifying metal powders – has ushered in a renaissance for sci...
When Ford began building the F-150 with mostly aluminium bodies in 2014, the popular truck slimmed down by about 700 pounds. That change was designed to improve gas milea...
global road marking materials market is highly consolidated in nature as the market is mostly controlled by five companies. Top five players in the market accounts for ne...
The ExOne Company, the global leader in industrial sand and metal 3D printers using binder jetting technology, today announced that it is open to developing virtually any...
Rio Tinto is progressing an innovative new technology to deliver low-carbon steel, using sustainable biomass in place of coking coal in the steelmaking process, in a pote...
Acrow, a leading international bridge engineering and supply company, announced today it has supplied 12 modular steel bridges to the Government of Honduras, Inversión Es...
One can easily see with the naked eye that leaving an old nail out in the rain causes rust. What does require the keen eyes and sensitive nose of microscopy and spectrosc...
Volvo Group is proud to reveal the world-first vehicle made of fossil-free steel from SSAB. During today’s green steel collaboration event, it was announced that more veh...
Forty of the world’s leading cement and concrete manufacturers today join forces to accelerate the shift to greener concrete by pledging to cut CO² emissions by a further...
Over time, concrete cracks and crumbles. Well, most concrete cracks and crumbles. Structures built in ancient Rome are still standing, exhibiting remarkable durability de...
Actinide tetrafluorides exhibit significant variations in their electronic structures despite having nearly identical crystal structures. Scientists have synthesized tetr...
Aero Aggregates of North America, a manufacturer of ultra-lightweight foamed glass aggregates, will open a new facility in July 2022 in Modesto, CA. The facility will tur...
It is often true that “the squeaky wheel gets the oil,” both literally and figuratively. For example, a door that starts to squeak is naturally much more likely to get lu...
The world has entered the “lithium century” almost without noticing it, but until now this critical industry lacked a central voice. Rechargeable lithium batteries are ev...
After a one-year postponement, the Expo 2020 will open its doors in Dubai for six months starting on 1 October 2021. Doka will be there, presenting itself with digital so...
The increased spending on infrastructural development across numerous regions and the growing focus on boosting the transport infrastructure will prove to be a profitable...
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