Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have developed a self-healing cement that could repair itself in as little as a few hours. Wellbore cement for geothermal applications has a life-span of only 30 ...
Materials Science
Jan 19, 2018
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Sea urchin spines are made mostly of calcite, but the spines are much more durable than this raw material alone. The reason for their strength is the way that nature optimises materials using a brick wall-style architecture. ...
Nanomaterials
Nov 30, 2017
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Researchers from North Carolina State University have, for the first time, used a "micropillar compression" technique to characterize the micro-scale strength of cement, allowing for the development of cement with desirable ...
Nanomaterials
Oct 25, 2017
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An international team of scientists has created a new database of molecular dynamics models that simulate the properties of cement in all its varieties. It's intended to help fine-tune this component of concrete and curtail ...
Materials Science
Oct 9, 2017
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Cement is the world's most widely used material apart from water, largely because it is the key ingredient in concrete, the world's favourite building material.
Engineering
Aug 22, 2017
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Guidelines for a research project about agroindustrial wastes and their potential use as appropriate materials for housing and infrastructure include converting waste into resources, substituting toxic raw materials for healthy ...
Materials Science
Aug 18, 2017
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Future coastal defences, harbours and ports could enhance biodiversity within the marine environment through the use of cement substitutes. But the materials used need to be selected carefully in order that native and non-native ...
Ecology
Aug 10, 2017
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The hardest thing about concrete just might be the problem of how to make the ubiquitous building material in an environmentally friendly manner. Recent laboratory results at Princeton University indicate that the challenge ...
Materials Science
Aug 2, 2017
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The first experiment placed on Diamond's Long Duration Experimental (LDE) facility, on beamline I11, has now been in place for 1,000 days. The experiment, led by Dr Claire Corkhill from the University of Sheffield, has used ...
General Physics
Jul 3, 2017
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Worms, it appears, are good at keeping secrets.
Plants & Animals
Jun 7, 2017
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