Chemists at UCL and the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology have demonstrated how RNA (ribonucleic acid) might have ...

The moon is a harsh place for an average brick. But bacteria, mixed with some bean gum, can help create self-repairing bricks ...

Melanie Glover rebuilt her home in Superior, Colorado, using earth bricks (Credit: Nick Aspinwall) These people are rebuilding homes lost to wildfires in the western US – only this time they are ...

China is taking lunar construction to the next level, with plans to 3D-print bricks from moon dust as early as 2028.

Bangladesh suffers from extreme air pollution, but a new study shows the brick industry can make small changes to have a big ...

"It was both fun and useful." Shipping things to the moon is expensive, and even after astronauts begin walking on the moon again, that isn't going to change. Every additional gram of cargo sent ...

London’s largest life sciences project is trialling the use of a low carbon earth brick for the basement walls of the first phase. It could be a game-changer for schemes looking to radically reduce ...

Compressed Earth Blocks (CEBs) appear on paper to be a promising building material for low and middle-income countries. The pressed blocks are potentially more sustainable and affordable than many ...

there’s a bit of a catch to the first generation of Lego moon bricks—they technically aren’t made from regolith. That’s because, while the lunar dust is abundant on Earth’s satellite ...

but rather by using those hands to make a replica of Earth. Bricks and Minifigs is a Lego resale shop whose business motto is “Rebuild, Reuse, Reimagine.” Bricks and Minfigs is located at 5207 ...