Study touts 'self-healing asphalt' as green solution to UK's pothole problem

Stuart Stone
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Credit: Jose Norambuena-Contreras
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Credit: Jose Norambuena-Contreras

Scientists claim their innovative road surfacing material mimics self-repairing abilities of plants and animals, offering a lower carbon alternative to conventional asphalt produced using fossil fuels

Could self-repairing asphalt offer a solution to Britain's chronic pothole problem? Academics from King's College London and Swansea University, in collaboration with scientists in Chile, certainly think...

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