New technique illuminates micro-cracks in ordinary concrete By Ben Coxworth January 28, 2022 Tiny cracks are virtually invisible in a painted block of concrete (left), but show up vividly when ...

No matter how well you care for your concrete driveway, cracks are going to happen. Replacing a slab is expensive. Instead, ...

It's easy to stand in your garage, perhaps marveling at your hot water recirculation system or the web of cables entering your electrical load center, and forget that the bit of concrete you're ...

Cracking is a natural, expected, and accepted behavior of concrete. However, cracks may affect the appearance, function, durability, service life, or more seriously, the structural integrity of the ...

Concrete may seem strong and permanent, but it can be surprisingly vulnerable to the elements. Now researchers at Drexel University have demonstrated a type of self-healing concrete embedded with ...

Concrete cracks. That’s a fact. After investigating the cracks and establishing the repair objectives, designing or selecting the best repair material and procedure is fairly straight forward. This ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. While not the end of the world, finding a large crack in your driveway can be a frustrating issue to deal with. What you may not realize about ...

Some say there are two types of concrete – cracked and on the brink of cracking. But what if when concrete cracked, it could heal itself? Picture a bridge exposed to snow, rain, temperature changes ...

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. Infrastructure supports and facilitates our daily lives—think of the roads ...