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'Self-healing roads' could help fix pothole problem, scientists say

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Teams at Swansea University and King's College London have been working with scientists in Chile .

Scientists incorporated tiny materials filled with recycled oils, known as spores, in the asphalt.

Dr Jose Norambuena-Contreras : "The basic idea is in order to stimulate the materials to close the crack autonomously".

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