Although modern-day skyscraper and bridge constructions could begin deteriorating within 50 years, the Pantheon and coastal ...

A Missouri University of Science & Technology researcher aims to combine the durability of ancient Roman concrete with the flexibility of modern concrete to produce a superior building material.

Ancient Roman concrete, which was used to build aqueducts, bridges, and buildings across the empire, has endured for over two thousand years. In a study publishing July 25 in the Cell Press journal ...

Katherine Martinko is an expert in sustainable living. She holds a degree in English Literature and History from the University of Toronto. There is the famous scene in Monty Python's "Life of Brian" ...

Roman concrete has shrugged off two millennia of earthquakes, wars, and weather that would pulverize most modern structures in a fraction of the time. The surprising reason is not mystical at all, but ...

Scientists reveal that the deterioration of modern concrete and asphalt structures is due to the presence of trace quantities of organic matter in these structures. Scientists reveal that the ...

Across the Mediterranean, hulking Roman harbors, aqueducts and amphitheaters still stand where modern concrete would have crumbled. After years of debate, a convergence of new lab work, field studies ...

Based in the picturesque city of St. John’s, Newfoundland, Modern Paving is a mid-sized construction firm. Established as a small paving contractor in the ‘70s, the company has grown consistently over ...