You might not actually break your mother’s back if you step on a crack on the sidewalk, but cracks and holes in concrete are a persistent and expensive problem in the construction industry. Despite ...

Concrete is an excellent and versatile material, but it's not without its limitations. One of the biggest problems materials scientists are keen to find a workaround for is its brittleness. Concrete ...

Years of research into a type of concrete that can fills its own cracks may be coming to fruition as the material's creators prepare for real-world testing. If demonstrated successfully, the ...

What if the concrete in buildings and bridges could heal itself like a wound healing on skin? That’s the idea behind new research from Dr. Congrui Grace Jin, whose recent study explores a ...

I worked on a similar project in college using Psudomonas aurigninosa as the organism. We were trying to engineer it for precipitate carbonate into it's biofilm, and use it as a sprayable concrete ...