Getty Images) There could be other issues to overcome too – adding more carbon black allows the resulting supercapacitor to store more energy, but it also makes the concrete slightly weaker too.

Now, engineers have made concrete that can conduct electricity and produce heat, by mixing in nanocarbon black. Normally, concrete is an insulator against electricity, but recent research has ...

As cliché as it may sound, there are two things that architects really like: exposed concrete and the color black. While concrete offers a distinctive rough aesthetic, emphasizing the tones ...

Bridgland says the subterranean concrete pool more closely resembles ... Ben Hosking Edited extract from Modern Houses in Black (Images Publishing Group) by Susan Redman, out now.

In a nutshell, the science turns concrete into supercapacitors using carbon black, water, and cement — all cheap ingredients that could lower the cost of renewable energy storage. Carbon black ...

Co-judge and GCCA chief executive Thomas Guillot said: "The outstanding [winning] images highlight how concrete is so many things - strong and enduring but also touching and beautiful, supporting ...