Snow and ice can damage paved surfaces, leading to frost heaves and potholes. These become potential hazards for drivers and pedestrians and are expensive to fix. Now, researchers propose in ACS ...

Snow and ice can damage paved surfaces, leading to frost heaves and potholes. These become potential hazards for drivers and pedestrians and are expensive to fix. Now, researchers propose in ACS ...

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Chemists show that asphalt binder, when exposed to sun and water, leaches thousands of potentially toxic compounds into the environment. A dramatic oil spill, such as the Deepwater Horizon accident in ...

Forest officials said they are still concerned after nearly 2,000 gallons of “asphalt binder” spilled in a California forest when a semi-truck crashed on Highway 199. Raoul Payette Jr., 58, was ...

In 1999, a lightning storm ignited 7 million scrap tires piled on the slopes of a canyon near Westley, California. A near-apocalyptic scene erupted, according to a 2001 US Environmental Protection ...

More than 90% of paved roads in the U.S. are made of asphalt, which is constructed with nonrenewable materials such as petroleum. One way to make paving more sustainable is to recycle old pavement.

Inspired by a favorite midnight snack of crayfish, a professor and his students at Changsha University of Science and Technology in Hunan province developed a new "bio-asphalt" material, utilizing ...

Mansour Solaimanian receives funding from Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. In the past has received research funding from Federal Highway Administration and Wisconsin Department of ...