A chemical process called carbonation, which helps seal cracks, could help explain why many ancient Roman structures are ...

The dome of the Pantheon in Rome is one of the most famous examples of ancient Roman engineering.

A bathroom at Emperor Hadrian’s villa has kept an engineering secret for nearly 2,000 years. Researchers studying concrete ...

An ancient sample shows calcite threading through the material’s cracks and pores, with possible lessons for making modern ...

New research showed that carbonation helped densify Roman concrete and repair fine cracks naturally, revealing ancient ...

One of the many marvels of the Roman world is that some of its buildings are still with us. But why have they lasted for so ...

Ancient Roman concrete's remarkable durability is being studied through a 1,900-year-old toilet. This material contains ...

Scientists studying Hadrian's Villa found that carbonation, not just volcanic ash, helps explain why Roman concrete has ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers still puzzle over exactly how Roman concrete was made, but they have a few clues, including many of its ingredients ...

Despite their empire falling more than 1,500 years ago, the Roman recipe for concrete remains stronger than anything around today. And it's all thanks to seawater. Roman concrete combined volcanic ash ...

Twenty-seven kilometers east of Rome sit the remains of a communal latrine whose concrete has endured for nearly 2,000 years. Now this humble latrine, part of Emperor Hadrian’s sprawling ...

Around A.D. 79, Roman author Pliny the Elder wrote in his Naturalis Historia that concrete structures in harbors, exposed to the constant assault of the saltwater waves, become "a single stone mass, ...