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

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 ...

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

Scientists excavating the ruins of Pompeii have discovered a construction site left frozen in time by the eruption of Italy's ...

Long dismissed as poor construction, ‘self-healing’ lime clasts have helped Ancient Roman structures persist for millennia.

Enzymes are essentially biological catalysts. They are proteins that speed up chemical reactions in the body that would ...

Roman concrete is pretty amazing stuff. It's among the main reasons we know so much about Roman architecture today. So many ...

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

As infrastructure ages, one question shapes the future of cities: How do we know the materials we build with will last?

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

From the iconic Colosseum in Rome to Hadrian’s Wall all the way in England, there’s one question most people must ask ...