Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bendable concrete created at the University of Michigan allows for thinner structures with less need for steel reinforcement.

Concrete is a cornerstone of modern construction, but its inherent flaws pose significant challenges for construction companies—and environmentalists alike. Now, though, engineers have developed a new ...

Concrete is the world’s most widely-used building material thanks to its incredible strength – but it doesn’t stand up well against bending. Now, researchers at Swinburne University have developed a ...

Lots of people probably think that cement and concrete are the same thing. Cement is a component in concrete that some researchers are trying to eliminate. Researchers from the Swinburne University of ...

Bendable displays may be all the rage these days, but there’s another material that could benefit from some added flexibility: concrete. Researchers at the Swinburne University of Technology have been ...

A new type of fibre-reinforced bendable concrete will be used for the first time in Michigan this summer. Developed by University of Michigan scientists, the new concrete looks like regular concrete, ...

Cracks and potholes have plagued our roadways for years, but they may become a thing of the past because of University scientists who have created concrete that bends. Dr.. Victor Li, civil ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. EAST LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Engineers, students, and city leaders gathered in East Lansing today to showcase the initial steps of ...

Scientists have created not just a new bendable concrete, but the concrete itself is cement-free which reduces its environmental footprint -- good all round stuff right here, folks. Researchers out of ...

Bendable concrete being poured out to repair a section of sidewalk by Gabriel Arce's lab (Courtesy Louisiana State University.) Arce led a multi-year project titled “Evaluation of the Performance and ...

One of the big contributors to climate change is right beneath your feet, and transforming it could be a powerful solution for keeping greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere. The production of cement, ...