Scientists found the secret to Roman concrete
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Ancient Roman concrete could heal itself? New Pompeii evidence shows a key step scholars missed
Long dismissed as poor construction, ‘self-healing’ lime clasts have helped Ancient Roman structures persist for millennia.
It is not often that a construction site dating from 79 CE re-emerges, complete with its tools, raw materials, and walls in mid-build. Yet under the volcanic ash of Mount Vesuvius, archaeologists have ...
Ancient Roman concrete, which was used to build aqueducts, bridges, and buildings across the empire, has endured for over two thousand years. In a study publishing July 25 in the Cell Press ...
The ancient Romans were masters of building and engineering, perhaps most famously represented by the aqueducts. And those still functional marvels rely on a unique construction material: pozzolanic ...
This week, researchers at the University of Albany reported an extreme size difference between early human males and females, suggesting intense competition among males. Krill are so overfished in ...
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