When the concrete cracks, and water from rain ... ensuring they’re evenly distributed throughout the mixture. Once the self-healing process ends and the bacteria dies, the activated BioFiber ...

If you want to stop potholes from forming in asphalt roads, you've gotta get 'em while they're still just tiny cracks. A new ...

Having cracks form in the concrete that allow ... on Ancient Roman concrete would seem to show unequivocally that self-healing concrete through the mixing in of coarse quicklime was the standard ...

This everyday miracle is what inspired [Congrui Jin] to try to find a way to make concrete self-healing. The answer ... into concrete is easy enough. When cracks form in the concrete, water ...

An international team of scientists has developed a self-healing asphalt that can repair its own cracks without the need for human intervention, reducing the prevalence of potholes and extending ...

Something to look forward to: Researchers have developed a new type of asphalt capable of repairing its own cracks over time ... to develop the self-healing asphalt by combining materials science ...

Crystallization allows concrete to self-seal small cracks without external assistance ... The process of self-sealing (similar to that of healing a paper cut, where skin closes itself up over ...

The concrete's bendability is also what makes it self-healing. Dr. Bill Jin is an assistant ... He said this concrete is not only unlikely to see major cracks, but it can store energy.

“Cracks as thin as a human hair can repair ... ANSWER: We started developing the concept of flexible, self-heating, and self-healing concrete a couple of years ago. Through dedicated research ...