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Concrete has a long history of innovation, dating back to 6500 B.C.E. Although most of this material breakthroughs through millennia have been related to durability—the Romans were particularly gifted ...

Concrete already builds our world, and now it's one step closer to powering it, too. Made by combining cement, water, ultra-fine carbon black (with nanoscale particles), and electrolytes, ...