The discovery of a 2,000-year-old building site in Pompeii reveals the raw ingredients for ancient Roman self-healing ...

New research shows Roman concrete relied on heat-driven mixing and reactive lime, giving it a surprising self-healing ability ...

The only snag was that this didn’t match the recipe as described in historical texts. Now the same team is back with a fresh ...

Excavations of a workshop that was buried in Pompeii almost 2000 years ago have given archaeologists unique insights into ...

Isotopic analysis confirmed that the workers in Pompeii relied on hot-mixing when making their concrete. Samples from the ...

The concrete developed at MSU is considered "self-heating" because it can store heat from the sun, then release it when ...

Pompeii Archeological Park site map, with showing where the ancient building site is located, with colour coded piles of raw construction materials (right): purple: debris; green: piles of dry ...

The modern world is built on concrete, and cement is what makes it possible. You've probably heard these two terms used interchangeably, especially while watching DIY videos on YouTube. However, they ...

Discovery of building materials abandoned at construction site reveals secrets of ancient concrete that can set underwater ...

A construction site dating back nearly 2,000 years to the putative demise of Pompeii in 79 CE has revealed new evidence for ...

Concrete from the UK’s former Sizewell A NPP is being recycled and reused at the nearby Sizewell C NPP site, cutting waste ...

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WFIE) - I-69 Ohio River Crossing officials say 12 large, concrete beams are scheduled to be delivered and ...