The study is inspired by nature, mimicking how coral and mollusks create their shells. The process replaces the biological ...

Northwestern University scientists have developed a new carbon-negative building material. As Earth's climate continues to ...

This tight deadline dictated that I had to set the patio stones on sand instead of mortaring them to a steel-reinforced ...

looking at it through a screen made with sand, surrounded by buildings made with concrete. I could let you guess what's in concrete, but I suspect you're already catching onto a theme here.

How we tackle the problem of the joints in between the pavers is a polymeric sand. And we use a sand, it's a jointing sand, instead of something like a mortar or a grout, like you would see in the ...

That strain is not from increasing demand for gold, diamonds, or copper, but for sand, the primary material for construction and hence for economic development. Concrete and glass are made mostly of ...