“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 ...

They found that the concrete used by Romans had self ... a team of scientists and researchers are now trying to crack the code for self-healing asphalt material that could rid us of the bane ...

Underwater construction represents one of the most challenging frontiers in engineering, combining extreme environmental conditions with complex technical requirements. These projects—ranging from ...

The nearly 2000-year-old Pantheon, the "Temple of All the Gods" in Rome, holds the record for the world's largest ...

(Seymour et al., Science Advances, 2023) And it has another benefit: The lime clasts give the concrete remarkable self-healing abilities. When cracks form in the concrete, they preferentially travel ...

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 ...

To enable self-healing, the researchers added microscopic, plant-derived spores filled with recycled oils to the asphalt. When a crack appears, these spores break, releasing the oil and “stitching” ...

Bio-based microcapsules have been added to asphalt to make roads that self-heal when cracks occur, an advance that could address the UK’s £143m pothole problem. Dr Jose Norambuena-Contreras with a ...

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 ...