Researchers are finding that ash from textile industry wood waste can do more than avoid the landfill. When blended into ...

Production of the cement used in concrete is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions, which is why some people have tried replacing it with fly ash. A new technique makes that fly ash more ...

Fly ash generated by coal-fired power stations is an environmental headache, creating groundwater and air pollution from vast landfills and ash dams. Some of the waste product can be repurposed into ...

Engineers have developed a composite binder made primarily of fly ash, a byproduct of coal-fired power plants, that can replace Portland cement in concrete. Rice University engineers have developed a ...

BOSTON, MA--(Marketwired - May 1, 2014) - Fly-ash-based cement will more than double to a $47 billion market by 2018, driven by the industry's sustainability goals -- use of fly ash is the simplest ...

Researchers at Rice University are employing flash Joule heating to remove toxic heavy metals from fly ash, a powdery byproduct of coal-based electric power plants that is used frequently in concrete ...

Fly ash binder does not require the high-temperature processing of cement, yet tests showed it has the same compressive strength after seven days of curing. (Source: Reuters) Scientists have developed ...

Concrete is the world's most manufactured item, with more than 25 billion tons used in construction each year. It's also ...