Researchers have developed a freeze-drying method that preserves biocement-producing bacteria, allowing easy use in ...

Lafarge Canada is planning to open a soil-washing facility in Burnaby this summer that could treat all of Metro Vancouver’s ...

Can excess soil from construction be used as a sustainable alternative to traditional building materials like concrete and other CO2-heavy materials?

The soil needs to be very wet, about the consistency of wet cement. Once your soil is ready, firmly push the blocker into the prepared soil several times to fill the blocks, gently compressing the ...

We’ve all certainly confronted another unwanted result of conventional seed-sowing methods: the pileup of leftover plastic ...

North Korea: The Sangwon Cement Complex has appealed to smaller cement plants to boost production for major government ...

Most soil-blocking failures probably come from using ... Back when he was farming, Mr. DiGravio moistened his medium on cement-mixer scale, but a solid, flat-bottomed waterproof bin or tabletop ...

freeze-dried bacteria could be used to cement sand in 3D-printed cylindrical molds. The researchers prepared separate columns with play sand, like that used in children’s sandboxes, and natural sandy ...

This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center. It is part three in a four-part series. Read part one here ...

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which then binds with the calcium largely present in the soil to form calcite, a natural cement. The study identified which naturally occurring strains fabricate the enzyme required for carbonate ...