Why is cement a powder but when mixed with water, it is as hard as stone?
When mixing water into cement powder, an extremely complex chemical reaction will occur, resulting in a water-insoluble artificial stone and high abrasion resistance.
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When mixing water into cement powder, an extremely complex chemical reaction will occur, resulting in a water-insoluble artificial stone and high abrasion resistance.
Researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) believe that a portion of the material that makes up Earth comes from giant red stars. They also know why…
These are invading stars, made entirely out of the material of the Milky Way - the galaxy containing the Earth.
Materials that account for 1% of the modern human body, important for creating the first life on earth have been found in mysterious lakes in the US, India and Kenya.
One day, we will be able to use electrical appliances to ... create quantum systems.
Thanks to the NASA spacecraft, scientists observed material eruptions of hundreds of small stones of the asteroid Bennu.
Three female scientists were honored by UNESCO's Scientific Council L'Oréal - 150 million VND to further research the topic they are pursuing.
The metals in rock meteorites are the favorite food source of a microorganism named Metallosphaera sedula.
Among the ancient swords with many different materials, archaeologists claim that bronze swords in the period before and after the Shang and Zhou dynasties were 'the mos…
Biodegradable 'plastic' bags made from a banana plant may sound a bit ... bananas, but some Australian researchers have found a way to do that and make it a public solut…
Without recycling, the waste batteries of electric cars can turn into mountains of trash.
In a world that seems to be engulfed in plastic bottles, recycling this waste into useful materials will reduce the impact on the environment.
A new glass material, developed by researcher Erkka Frankberg and colleagues at Finland's Tampere University, now seems to have reached a level of ductility similar to m…
A new material developed at HRL Lab, California, USA promises to change the current helmet structure.
The newly invented special glue that can attach materials including glass, metal and stone in seawater in a matter of seconds.