He builds houses not with lumber but with concrete. More particularly, Baker builds with insulated concrete forms, or ICFs two layers of expanded polystyrene foam that are held together by plastic ...

When you think of driving up or down an embankment, do you ever wonder how much foam you’re currently driving on? Probably not, because it hardly seems like a suitable building material. But as ...

Researchers have developed a lightweight concrete that combines nano-silica and expanded polystyrene to significantly enhance both thermal insulation and structural strength. This advancement, ...