NASA astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor mixes cement samples for the MICS mission aboard the International Space Station. NASA There’s been a lot of talk in the last decade about humans returning to ...

Concrete is a material used everywhere on Earth due to its strength and relatively light weight. That makes it a useful candidate for a material to build structures in space as well. But you can’t ...

A team of scientists on board the International Space Station have successfully mixed cement in the microgravity of space. And that's a big deal: the material could facilitate the construction of ...

As countries continue cementing plans for their lunar bases, one International Space Station astronaut is busy quite literally mixing the stuff. In a press release, NASA said that its astronaut and ...

If the cement industry were a country, it would be the third-largest carbon dioxide emitter in the world behind only China and the U.S. The process used to mix cement not only gives off carbon dioxide ...

Material research studio Matter at Hand, founded by Assemble co-founder Lewis Jones, has created a prototype clay-based construction method named Poured Earth that emulates casting concrete. Poured ...

Guide to Concrete (Creative Publishing International, 2008) takes readers through some of the most popular home concrete and masonry projects. Endorsed by Quikrete, this book includes tips and expert ...

A moon base could be built from moon dust, researchers say. Oct. 20, 2008— -- A lunar base could be built from waterless concrete composed entirely of moon dust, according to US researchers. NASA ...