Excavations of an ancient construction site in Pompeii have revealed the process of how Romans mixed their self-healing ...

Across the Mediterranean, hulking Roman harbors, aqueducts and amphitheaters still stand where modern concrete would have ...

Roman concrete has shrugged off two millennia of earthquakes, wars, and weather that would pulverize most modern structures ...

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Archaeologists in Pompeii discovered a workshop that combined two elements that allowed the concrete to “heal” itself.

New research into an abandoned construction site in Pompeii has revealed the secrets of Roman cement manufacturing.

Work has started to repair "significant damage" to a Roman wall in Lincoln, the city council said. Damage to the ancient wall ...

Siding on North Shore homes carries more responsibility than simple appearance. Exterior cladding acts as a first barrier against wind off the ocean, driving rain, snow, and temperature swings that ...

New research suggests the Romans used a method known as "hot mixing" to produce self-healing concrete, which allowed them to ...

Reinforced concrete structures are relatively complex to analyze, with nonlinear effects like cracking, crushing, steel yielding, aggregate interlock, dowel effect, concrete-rebar interaction and so ...

For centuries, scholars thought they understood how Romans made concrete with exceptional durability. Now, evidence suggests the historical texts describe only part of the picture. Analysis of an ...

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