‘Self-Healing’ Concrete May Have Preserved Ancient Roman Structures The durable material could fill its own cracks, new research suggests Will Sullivan - Daily Correspondent ...

“We are excited about our results and look forward to engineering more complex and larger structures,” Chelsea Heveran at Montana State University, who led the study, told New Scientist.. “When ...

This lab-created substance is called a metamaterial—a material that has been engineered in a lab to have properties or combinations of properties that don’t exist in nature.

Concrete is a crucial construction material. Unfortunately, however, producing it requires large amounts of energy—often powered by fossil fuels—and includes chemical reactions that release ...

NEW YORK (AP) — In the quest to build better for the future, some are looking for answers in the long-ago past. Ancient builders across the world created structures that are still standing today ...

The cycle includes a modification phase where the material's surface is prepared for etching, followed by a purge phase to clean the area, then the actual removal of the material, and another purge.

Scientists may have found a material "more remarkable" than graphene that presents a wealth of medical potential. Borophene is thinner, more conductive, lighter and stronger than graphene.