A 2,000-year-old Roman observation about volcanic ash is inspiring researchers to reinvent cement and slash its carbon ...

Ancient Roman concrete is known as some of the strongest in history, and a new study finally explains why. MIT researchers studied the self-healing properties of the concrete mix. Extreme ...

Ancient Roman concrete is incredibly durable, even more so than modern concrete. Scientists have long wondered what gave it its incredible strength. One team may have cracked the mystery ...

This concrete, often referred to as pozzolanic concrete, is extremely durable and is the primary ingredient that gave ancient Roman structures their amazing strength.

Masic and his team studied concrete samples from the archaeological site of Privernum in Italy, dating back nearly 2,000 years, using advanced methods like scanning electron microscopy and X-ray ...

Scientists have long pondered the durability of ancient Roman concrete structures, which have not only stood the test of time but have held up under extreme conditions, assuming it came down to a ...

A rare mineral that has allowed Roman concrete marine barriers to survive for more than 2,000 years has been found in the thick concrete walls of a decommissioned nuclear power plant in Japan.

Even today, one of their structures – the Pantheon, still intact and nearly 2,000 years old – holds the record for the world's largest dome of unreinforced concrete.

The Roman concrete mixture had Pozzolans' as part of the Mixture and this is the secret to its corrosion resistance and strength. Also reduction of Portland type cement. Pozzolans are found in Fly ...

From the mud, straw, and gypsum mixtures of ancient Egypt's monumental pyramids to the sophisticated underwater material ...

But a report released Friday discovered that it is not necessarily the ingredients that attributed to the strength of the Roman’s concrete but the mixing process. Panoramic shot of the interior ...