Concrete is an incredibly useful and versatile building material on which not only today’s societies, but also the ancient Roman Empire was built. To this day Roman concrete structures can be ...

is less durable and more polluting than its ancient counterpart. The manufacturing of concrete contributes approximately 8% of global greenhouse gas emissions, as reported by The New York Times ...

Over the last decade, researchers have come discover the Romans' secret concrete recipe that has maintained so many of its now-ancient buildings. The most recent of these studies reveals that some ...