the gathered body of evidence on Ancient Roman concrete would seem to show unequivocally that self-healing concrete through the mixing in of coarse quicklime was the standard way in which such ...

Over the last decade, researchers have come discover the Romans' secret concrete recipe that has maintained so many of its now-ancient buildings. The most recent of these studies reveals that some ...

Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard University announced a breakthrough in ...

Mark Miodownik explores how the Romans produced the first concrete. He works with science historian, Chris Brandon, to recreate the way Romans made concrete using volcanic ash, quicklime and water.