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Now here’s an invention that could revolutionise
construction technology as we know it and set your home repair requirements
back by years! Doesn't that sound like good news all round?
Scientists in the Netherlands claim to have created a
bio-concrete blend that allows concrete to …yes! Heal itself! Anybody who’s in
the construction industry or has ever tried to repair cracked concrete knows
what a nightmare it can be. Dry and cracked concrete can begin to disintegrate
and be messy and nearly impossible to repair. Which, of course, is why this new
technology is so exciting!
Inhabitat.com reports that the Dutch scientists have
created a bio-concrete blend with built-in bacteria that patch up on small
holes and cracks in concrete. The bacteria basically feeds on the food provided
in the concrete when activated by water to combine calcium with carbon dioxide
and oxygen. What would be the result is essentially limestone.
In order to find bacteria that could survive in the high-pH
environment of the concrete mix as well as lie dormant for years, the
scientists looked especially in the soda lakes of Russia and Egypt. Fortunately,
the bacteria they found were the perfect match.
Meanwhile, researchers at the University of Newcastle in UK
have actually created a new type of bacteria that release glue that can mend
concrete! There is, however, no news yet on when these bacteria will be ready
for commercialization but the hope is it will be sometime soon.
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