A scientist who figured out the secret behind ancient Rome's self-repairing concrete has recently confirmed his theory at a ...

Hot-mixed Roman concrete used quicklime “healing” clasts that seal cracks over time, explaining Pompeii’s long‑lasting ...

Researchers from Drexel University’s College of Engineering are looking to nature for solutions to one of the Department of Defense’s (DoD) ongoing challenges: fortifying aging concrete structures.

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 ...

Next-gen concrete may have skin-like qualities if Texas A&M experts successfully bring their self-repairing product to market. The researchers have developed a synthetic lichen that can fix cracks in ...

A recent study published in Frontiers in Microbiology investigated the critical factors governing Bacillus pasteurii (now Sporosarcina pasteurii) spore germination. They also clarified the bacterium’s ...

What if the concrete in buildings and bridges could heal itself like a wound healing on skin? That’s the idea behind new research from Dr. Congrui Grace Jin, whose recent study explores a ...

A novel modeling approach for self-healing concrete enhances predictive reliability, addressing early-stage variability and ...

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 ...

Concrete is one of the quiet foundations of modern life, yet it is also one of the dirtiest materials humanity produces. A new generation of bio-concrete aims to flip that script, using living ...