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 ...

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.

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 ...

In hopes of producing concrete structures that can repair their cracks, researchers are putting a new twist on an old trick for improving the durability of concrete. Fiber reinforcement has been ...

There’s a technological marvel on the horizon that promises to address the perennial issue of infrastructure degradation – Self-healing concrete. This groundbreaking material could mark the end of our ...

Industry trailblazers Texas Slab Guys unveil LevelEstimate™, an AI-powered concrete leveling quote tool setting a new ...

A pair of airmen inspect a crack on the runway to determine its severity at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., July 19, 2013. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Alystria Maurer/Released) The ...

Imagine concrete healing its own cracks like human skin recovering from a cut. That’s the vision behind the latest research of Dr. Congrui Grace Jin, published in Materials Today Communications.

These are used to extend durability by keeping out water, oils and chemicals as well as minimizing damage caused by UV ...