Big Picture Science – The Fix Is In: Mark Miodownik / Self-repairing Concrete

by Gary Niederhoff on August 2, 2015

The Fix Is In – Self-healing Concrete
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Part 3 of The Fix Is In, featuring Mark Miodownik, materials scientist, director of the Institute of Making at University College, London, and author of Stuff Matters: Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape our Man-Made World, explaining how bacteria are used to create self-repairing concrete.

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