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Concrete has a dirty little secret. Can biology solve it?Unless you are a particular kind of architecture nerd, you probably never think about concrete. The ancient building material is dull, heavy, and gray — not exactly inspiring. It forms the world’s largest dams, ugliest highways, and the un

If there is a single material the modern world relies upon, it’s concrete. Over the past hundred years, the human race has made, poured, and often demolished 100 billion tonnes of the core ingredient, Portland cement. It continues, according to the trade association fo

thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions’ Asia Pacific region has won a contract to supply a supply a prepol® SC combustion chamber for a cement plant in South Korea.The scope of the contract includes engineering, mechanical equipment and some modifications to the preheater tower. The commissioni

Hello there, friends of Reading The Wheel of Time, and welcome to the first week of A Crown of Swords. I’m really excited to have made it to the the seventh book—that’s halfway through! It’s almost hard to believe.Leading in from the end of Lord of Chaos, it really feels like the stakes have

Teni Gogo reveals why the British empire’s role in transporting millions of African people overseas not only changed what it meant to be ‘black’, but also ‘British’For centuries, the British empire was one of the major European powers leading the largest forced migration of any people grou

ISUZU Ute Australia (IUA) has revealed its updated 2023 model year MU-X range and despite updated tech, trim and colours, the price remains unchanged from the 2022 range.Opening at $48,900 before on-road costs for the LS-M 4x2 the MU-X line-up and tops out at $65,990 drive-away for the top-spec LS-T

Pidilite and Ogilvy are famously known for celebrating sticky situations in their ads. Roff is a tile adhesive brand from the house of Pidilite and has released its first consumer facing TVC. The ad highlights some of the common tile related problems faced by customers, such as cracked tile, debondi

A mix of clouds and sun with gusty winds. High near 90F. Winds SSW at 20 to 30 mph. Higher wind gusts possible.. A few clouds. Low 67F. Winds S at 15 to 25 mph. Higher wind gusts possible.One person was killed Friday morning in a head-on collision on Highway 9.Norm

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