Concrete is an incredibly useful and versatile building material on which not only today’s societies, but also the ancient Roman Empire was built. To this day Roman concrete structures can be found in ...

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Concrete may seem strong and permanent, but it can be surprisingly vulnerable to the elements. Now researchers at Drexel University have demonstrated a type of self-healing concrete embedded with ...

It starts with a riddle that has long puzzled scientists: The Pantheon was built almost 2,000 years ago. The iconic structure, which boasts the world’s largest unreinforced concrete dome, has endured ...

It looks a little like magic: When a crack forms in this new concrete, the material begins to fill in the gap itself. The process uses an enzyme found in red blood cells to make one of the most ...

In hopes of producing concrete structures that can repair their cracks, researchers from Drexel University’s College of Engineering are putting a new twist on an old trick for improving the durability ...

For anyone who has ever tripped on a sidewalk or driveway, cracked concrete is a problem. But what if concrete could heal itself? Buildings with cracks could erase the damage before it spreads or ...

Every year, industrialized nations lose approximately 3% of GDP due to issues associated with material corrosion and degradation. In particular, damage to concrete structures and infrastructure, ...

Nima Rahbar (right), associate professor of civil and environmental engineering and lead author on the paper. PHOTO COURTESY OF WPI Researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute announced on Tuesday ...

Concrete sewage pipes lead a hard life, constantly being exposed to corrosive acid produced by bacteria in wastewater. A new additive could allow such concrete to self-heal – and it would do so using ...

A large-area elemental map (Calcium: red, Silicon: blue, Aluminum: green) of a 2 cm fragment of ancient Roman concrete (right) collected from the archaeological site of Privernum, Italy (left). A ...

Some say there are two types of concrete – cracked and on the brink of cracking. But what if when concrete cracked, it could heal itself? Picture a bridge exposed to snow, rain, temperature changes ...