Students find a way to fix potholes with fluids

Potholes. Crews are out now tamping new asphalt into the pockmarks that winter leaves on our roads, but what if there were a cheaper, easier way to quickly mitigate these wheel-eating voids. Students at Cleveland's Case Western Reserve University may have the answer. In April, the team took first prize in a competition sponsored by Saint-Gobain, a global materials company. The goal was to use simple materials for an out-of-the-box product.

"We were like, what's a common, everyday problem all around the world that everybody hates?" said team member Curtis Obert, explaining how they decided to tackle potholes.



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