But, ultimately, he said, self-heating concrete could lower costs for maintenance and replacement of roads. "You could save a lot of taxpayers money," he said. ©2025 The Philadelphia Inquirer, LLC.

But what if a sidewalk could melt ice on its own? That's the goal of a three-year-long project at Drexel University to develop self-heating concrete, which can keep streets safe from icy ...

The high-temperature fuel debris apparently melted the concrete of the pedestal, leaving its reinforcing bars exposed. The robot’s recorded images from the inner wall of the pedestal showed bare ...