Oakley's founder, James Jannard, listed his Beverly Hills cement compound for $68 million.Courtesy of Westside Estate Agency James Jannard listed a Beverly Hills compound for $68 million shortly after ...

Cement, the versatile compound, is the ubiquitous ingredient that is used in any modern construction. While the coarse aggregates like rock pieces, sand and steel give the structure and mass to a ...

"These properties are possible mainly thanks to the design of the mixture and the use of components such as crystalline additives, alumina nanofibers, and cellulose nanocrystals, which are capable of ...

Concrete is a compound material made from sand, gravel and cement. The cement is a mixture of various minerals which when mixed with water, hydrate and rapidly become hard binding the sand and gravel ...

"When researchers think of nanomaterial reinforcements for concrete, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) come as first option," Andres Ayuela, a research scientist at the Centro de Física de Materiales in San ...

Growing up in Italy, Vito Francioso was surrounded by the enduring power of the built world. “Cement is the foundation of our civilization,” he says, pointing to the Roman aqueducts and amphitheaters ...