December 15, 2025 • 52 secs
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
It's not every day you get to rewrite ancient history,
but MIT Professor admir Message is doing that.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
Ancient scholars dates write about magic powder that reacts differently
with the lime and water.
Speaker 1 (00:14):
He's a modern materials chemist who's discovering the exact ingredients
and process of making Roman concrete with the help of archaeologists.
He's just published evidence that the ancient engineer Vitruvius got
the process wrong. Roman concrete has the incredible property of
being able to fix itself.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
When the microcrack is formed in an ancient Roman concrete,
this crack will be healed.
Speaker 1 (00:35):
The professor is trying to isolate the self healing element
in the concrete for use in our own buildings now, and.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
If we are able to make everything lost instead of
one hundred years one hundred and fifty years, that will
translate into a huge impact.
Speaker 1 (00:49):
Kyle Shaffle WBS Boston's news radio
It's not every day you get to rewrite ancient history,
but MIT Professor admir Message is doing that.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
Ancient scholars dates write about magic powder that reacts differently
with the lime and water.
Speaker 1 (00:14):
He's a modern materials chemist who's discovering the exact ingredients
and process of making Roman concrete with the help of archaeologists.
He's just published evidence that the ancient engineer Vitruvius got
the process wrong. Roman concrete has the incredible property of
being able to fix itself.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
When the microcrack is formed in an ancient Roman concrete,
this crack will be healed.
Speaker 1 (00:35):
The professor is trying to isolate the self healing element
in the concrete for use in our own buildings now, and.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
If we are able to make everything lost instead of
one hundred years one hundred and fifty years, that will
translate into a huge impact.
Speaker 1 (00:49):
Kyle Shaffle WBS Boston's news radio
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