Harvey Lacey, a 61-year-old welder and metalworker, said his Ubuntu-Blox machine can take materials like Styrofoam cups and plastic bags and turn them into lightweight building blocks.

Engineers are beginning to investigate this network for use in eco-friendly materials. Yet even within a single mushroom family, the strength of a mycelium network can vary widely. Scientists have ...

Designed by Tetsuo Tonouchi with safety and fun in mind, these lightweight building blocks are made from natural cork and non-toxic paints, and have super-soft edges.

Two engineering graduates from the Islamic University of Gaza have defied all stereotypes with their design of an affordable new building block made from the rubble of war, and they’re about to ...

Imagine a future where our buildings are literally grown from the ground up. 5 new building materials that could ...

Researchers describe a new way to synthesize organic 'Legos', a chemical framework that can be easily modified and controlled to create new materials with unique properties.

A new manufacturing plant in the northeastern Alberta community of Elk Point is blending hemp and other additives into concrete to make lightweight building blocks resistant to weather, fire and ...

The RENCO Structural Building System has a straightforward building pattern and the blocks are very lightweight. “A concrete block weighs about 37 lbs when it's dried out.

An original approach to mass-producing low-cost solar cell foundation blocks could lead to the wide adoption of solar panels made from perovskite ink -- a 'miracle material' -- according to new ...

Hemp is being transformed into building blocks at a new Indigenous-owned processing plant in the community of Elk Point, 200 kilometres northeast of Edmonton.