Seashells are pretty tough cookies, and now researchers may know why: The mother of pearl that coats the inside of the shell is arranged in a brickwork structure that makes the shell both tough and ...

Back in 2018, Elon Musk had a bold idea. He wanted to take the dirt dug up by his The Boring Company while creating tunnels and turn it into interlocking bricks that could be used to build sculptures, ...

KOCHI: The primary dream of every human being is to build a dream home, but the rising prices of products is a hindrance. But there is a cost-effective way. By using interlocking cement bricks. “The ...

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Little children play with building blocks to make houses according to their own designs. Now, the Kerala State Nirmithi Kendra is on an ambitious task of using the same technology ...

What if construction materials could be put together and taken apart as easily as LEGO bricks? Such reconfigurable masonry would be disassembled at the end of a building’s lifetime and reassembled ...