Self-healing of asphalt binders
 
Asphalt materials can restore stiffness or strength lost when allowed to rest for a given time interval in the absence of external actions; this ability is commonly referred to as self-healing. In this OPEN ACCESS paper, members of RILEM TC 278-CHA, present their exploration and evaluation into the experimental methods and criteria for the assessment of self-healing of asphalt binders.

 

 

CRC 2025 Proceedings
 
The 2nd International RILEM Conference on Early-Age and Long-Term Cracking in RC Structures (CRC 2025) took place in Katowice, Poland, last week, on 11-12 September 2025. The proceedings have been published by Springer in the RILEM Bookseries. RILEM members can access the digital version of these proceedings for free through their RILEM website account. Not a RILEM member yet? Join now!

 

 

ISBM RILEM Youth competition
 
The RILEM Youth Council and the Organizing Committee of ISBM2026 - 2nd RILEM International Symposium on Bituminous Materials, in Padua, Italy, on 16-18 June 2026, are excited to launch the RILEM Youth Competition! This is a unique opportunity for RILEM Young Members to showcase their skills and share ideas through a 3-min poster presentation. More info here!

 

 

ROC&TOK in October
 
The next ROC&TOK webinar will take place on 2 October 2025 at 3 PM Paris Time. The speaker is Dr. Robert Meyer, Co-Founder & CTO of Alcemy, Germany, presenting on "Lessons learned from Machine Learning for Cement and Concrete". Attendance is free but registration is needed. More info here!

 

 

… the Galileo Galilei Great Hall (Aula Magna Galileo Galilei) inside the “Palazzo del Bo”, in Padua, Italy, still contains the desk from which Galileo used to teach his lessons at the University of Padua? "Palazzo del Bo" was the venue of the RILEM co-sponsored 7^th Historic Mortars Conference - HMC 2025, on 2-4 September this year. You can read more about this event here!

 

 

1^st RILEM Youth Symposium, 20-21 October 2025, online
 
RILEM Spring Convention, 13-17 April 2026, Ghent, Belgium
 
80^th RILEM Annual Week, 5-12 September 2026, Nairobi, Kenya
 
RILEM Spring Convention, 6-10 April 2027, Thessaloniki, Greece
 
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