UK Scientists invent �self-repairing concrete� -- Motobke.co.uk

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Subject: UK Scientists invent �self-repairing concrete�

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Date Posted: 05:05:13 12/04/14 Thu

Researchers at the University of Bath, Cardiff University and the University of Cambridge have created a special concrete blend, filled with bacteria hidden in tiny capsules that react to water seeping into a crack.

The bacteria then produce limestone sealing the gap before it becomes a pothole.

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