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From CNN:

http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/14/tech/bioconcrete-delft-jonkers/index.html

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The 'living concrete' that can heal itself

By Andrew Stewart, for CNN

It's the world's most popular building material, and ever since the Romans built the pantheon from it some 2,000 years ago, we've been trying to find ways to make concrete more durable.

No matter how carefully it is mixed or reinforced, all concrete eventually cracks, and under some conditions, those cracks can lead to collapse.

"The problem with cracks in concrete is leakage," explains professor Henk Jonkers, of Delft University of Technology, in the Netherlands.

"If you have cracks, water comes through -- in your basements, in a parking garage. Secondly, if this water gets to the steel reinforcements -- in concrete we have all these steel rebars -- if they corrode, the structure collapses."

But Jonkers has come up with an entirely new way of giving concrete a longer life.

"We have invented bioconcrete -- that's concrete that heals itself using bacteria," he says.

@saevel25 and @Golfingdad !  Soon you will be able to make buildings and roads come alive and take over the world!

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From CNN:

http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/14/tech/bioconcrete-delft-jonkers/index.html

@saevel25  and @Golfingdad !  Soon you will be able to make buildings and roads come alive and take over the world!

Interesting, let me know when it becomes economically feasible. :-D

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Interesting, let me know when it becomes economically feasible. :-D

The concrete or the world domination?

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The concrete or the world domination?

Both :-$

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