This self-repair mechanism has been observed in ancient Roman tombs, aqueducts, and seawalls. To test the theory, the research team created their own Roman-style concrete using the hot mixing ...

Preventing and repairing this type of damage has been ... Roman concrete would seem to show unequivocally that self-healing concrete through the mixing in of coarse quicklime was the standard ...

Drexel's BioFiber system uses a structural core fiber coated in bacteria-laden hydrogel encapsulated in a polymer shell to enable self-repairing concrete.