‘Self-healing’ Roman concrete could aid modern construction, study suggests
Jan 06, 2023
2 minutes
They have stood through the fall of an empire, the carnage of great wars and the foundation of a new country. But quite why structures made using Roman concrete are so durable has remained something of a mystery.
Now researchers say they have discovered one possible explanation: the technique used to make the material may have helped to give it self-healing
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