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We Know Why Ancient Roman Concrete Was Able to Last Thousands of Years
- gnabgib 2y agoThe paper: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41986803 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41986803
- eesmith 2y agoAnd mentioned several other times since the paper came out in 2023. The most comments are the 270 at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34280239 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34280239 from the MIT press release at https://news.mit.edu/2023/roman-concrete-durability-lime-casts-0106 https://news.mit.edu/2023/roman-concrete-durability-lime-cas... . There is also "Cracking the Case: Science Solves Ancient Mystery of Durable Roman Concrete" (2017) linking to a 99% Invisible piece at https://99percentinvisible.org/article/cracking-case-secret-ingredient-explains-durability-roman-concrete/ https://99percentinvisible.org/article/cracking-case-secret-... .