Recently, according to a report of foreign news, the researchers of Brunel University London designed a new mixture of concrete which can absorb less 64% water and 90% salt than common concrete, but the strength can be 42% higher.

Recently, the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) entrusted a team of Purdue engineers to embed sensors into the Indiana highway to more accurately determine when concrete pavements were ready to take on heavy truck traffic,