The discovery of a 2,000-year-old building site in Pompeii reveals the raw ingredients for ancient Roman self-healing ...

By Will Dunham Dec 9 (Reuters) - Scientists excavating the ruins of Pompeii have discovered a construction site left frozen ...

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 ...

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

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

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

New research into an abandoned construction site in Pompeii has revealed the secrets of Roman cement manufacturing.

Concrete is the most widely used construction material, so developing ways to make it more durable can improve infrastructure ...

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

A construction site dating back nearly 2,000 years to the putative demise of Pompeii in 79 CE has revealed new evidence for ...

Concrete was the foundation of the Roman Empire. For centuries, researchers have tried to uncover the secret behind the ...