Stunning village, picturesque scenery and winding towpaths make this one of Greater Manchester's prettiest winter walks ...

SaltX Technology successfully completed dolomite testing in December at the company's research and development center (ECRC) in Hofors, Sweden. This is the first time dolomite has been tested at scale ...

Firering Strategic Minerals said on Wednesday that it has strengthened its funding position after receiving a $1m settlement from Ricca and completing a £0.86m placing and subscription, as it advanced ...

Archaeologists working at an excavation site in Pompeii have uncovered new evidence that helps explain why ancient Roman buildings have ...

Back in 2023, we reported on MIT scientists’ conclusion that the ancient Romans employed “hot mixing” with quicklime, among other strategies, to make their famous concrete, giving the material ...

A newly excavated, ancient construction site at Pompeii, frozen in time after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, has allowed archaeologists to finally determine the methods used to make Roman concrete.

From the iconic Colosseum in Rome to Hadrian’s Wall all the way in England, there’s one question most people must ask themselves when gazing upon the enduring traces of one of the most beloved ancient ...

Concrete was the foundation of the ancient Roman empire. It enabled Rome's storied architectural revolution as well as the construction of buildings, bridges, and aqueducts, many of which are still ...

An ancient Pompeii wall at a newly excavated site, where Associate Professor Admir Masic applied compositional analysis (overlayed to right) to understand how ancient Romans made concrete that has ...

ROGER CASEMENT, IRISH PATRIOT, ENGLISH TRAITOR (328 pp.)—Rene MacColl—Norton ($5). If a farce with a tragic ending is the characteristic Irish art form, the life and death of Sir Roger Casement make ...

Quicklime is calcium oxide and has been widely used in many industrial sectors. An alternative to chalk and derived from limestone, it possesses special properties appreciated in construction, ...

The bodies of at least 16 people have been found in a secret cemetery near Mexico's Cancun. Mexican authorities reported on Monday, November 10 the discovery of a property used as a clandestine grave ...