The idea of a straw building might bring to mind a medieval homestead, or perhaps the fairy-tale dwelling of The Three Little Pigs. Used since the 19th century—typically as a rural, rustic building ...

The siding you choose for your home has to look good — that’s a given. But it also has to protect it from the elements, and ...

CU Boulder researchers are developing new types of living building materials that incorporate bacteria and can absorb carbon dioxide from the air. Bricks made out of these materials are hardy and also ...

Dublin, Nov. 28, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "North America Building Material Market Report by Type, Application, Countries and Company Analysis 2025-2033" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets ...

Infusing building materials with living microorganisms has already lent inanimate objects new powers. Self-healing concrete, for example, uses bacteria or fungi to fix its own cracks. Now researchers ...

Food pyramids are familiar to all of us. They are visual guides that show us the proportions of foods that we should supposedly eat on a daily basis, in order to stay healthy. Composed of a series of ...