While it doesn't burn in the conventional sense, concrete chips and flakes when exposed to fire, for the same reasons that firewood crackles. Water trapped inside the material vaporizes when subjected ...

Self-compacting high-performance concrete has till now suffered from one weakness: when exposed to fire it flakes and splits, which reduces its loadbearing capacity. Scientists in Switzerland have now ...

A new way of protecting concrete from fire damage using materials recycled from old tires has been successfully tested. A new way of protecting concrete from fire damage using materials recycled from ...

David Steiner's Malibu beach house standing unburned amid destruction has become an iconic image of the Palisades fire. (Josh Edelson / AFP/Getty Images) To the editor: So, David Steiner's concrete ...

To the editor: So, David Steiner’s concrete home is the sole survivor in a destroyed Malibu neighborhood. I find that predictable, but apparently insurance companies don’t. My home is an entirely ...