Road salt, used in copious helpings each winter to protect them from ice and preserve safe driving conditions, is slowly degrading the concrete they’re made of. Engineers have known for some time that ...

As the winter season approaches, the likelihood of waking up to ice on your driveway or on the roads is on the rise. Ice melts are the most common solution to this problem, but it is good to know how ...

In a new study, Drexel University engineers have identified an odd weapon to neutralize some of the damaging effects of salt: bacteria. When the researchers made concrete using a certain type of ...

Winter cleaning is essential to keep your car free of road salt and grime. Here's how often you should visit the car wash or ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- With a snowstorm having just recently hit the Pittsburgh area, how do you know which salt product is the best to use to treat your sidewalk? If you've been left with a layer of ...

Coming from a place that does not spread salt each winter, it felt backward. We made the road safer, but the plants and soil ...

Early snowfall across portions of Wisconsin last week reminds us that cleaning snow off streets, driveways, and sidewalks ...

Engineers have known for some time that calcium chloride salt, commonly used as deicer, reacts with the calcium hydroxide in concrete to form a chemical byproduct that causes roadways to crumble. A ...