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Adobe Stock / Kateryna_Kon

Binghamton University researchers are confident they can perfect a fungus that will heal the cracks that naturally form in concrete within three years, just in time to help with much-needed infrastructure work both locally and nationally.

Self-healing concrete would prevent having to send engineers into precarious situations on bridges, roads and skyscrapers to search for almost impossible to find cracks. The fungus would naturally secrete minerals that fill in the cracks without human intervention or monitoring, saving time and money.

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