Researchers have found that concrete can be made 30% stronger by replacing a percentage of sand with spent coffee grounds, an organic waste product produced in huge amounts that usually ends up in ...

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Concrete is a very popular building material, enough so that one of its key ingredients – sand – is in increasingly short supply. Scientists are thus now exploring the possibility of replacing that ...

Researchers at Michigan Molecular Institute hope to find a manufacturer to take foundry sand mixed with plastic and make devices that will dampen vibration and keep office cabinets in place. The ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Ohio State University (OSU) have released a risk assessment concluding that silica ...

Foundry sand waste, a by-product generated in large volumes by metal casting industries in the country will no more be labelled as pollutants but will turn into an eco-f­riendly and cost effective ...