Ever-so slightly heating up this asphalt using a small magnetic field melts the bitumen, allowing it to seep into the minute cracks to 'self-heal'. Etienne Jeoffroy from the Complex Materials lab ...
All asphalt road materials use asphalt—a naturally-occurring viscous liquid or semi-solid form of petroleum also known as bitumen—as a binder. For example, asphalt concrete consists of mineral ...