Tests by MIT showed that one glass brick can handle pressure similar to that of regular concrete blocks. In a real-world test ...

But last year, as they sought ways to generate an income, they got into making interlocking bricks. With the project, the group, calling itself Tri-K Group, did not only find a way of earning a ...

The Government in 2003 introduced the interlocking brick making machine technology. The formal launch of Appropriate Building Technology programme was in 2006. The ministry bought about 200 ...

In 1999, crews used interlocking pavers to stop water from pooling, but they eventually loosened and failed. In 2015, ...

Back in the ancient times, all a child needed to create hours of joy were plastic interlocking bricks and a place for their parents to trip over them. The LEGO Group harbored the inspiration of ...

Chipmunks tunnel through soil like you might dig in a huge pile of packing peanuts. It’s child’s play for the tiny creatures ...

The absence of an atmosphere on the moon also means the bricks will be exposed to strong cosmic radiation and strikes from ...

Researcher Tavs Jorgensen has created a method of extruding cob into brick shapes, in an effort to make the low-carbon biomaterial more accessible. Used to create bricks that can be stacked in ...

So, next time you’re out and about, have a look for some of these strengthening techniques, like interlocking bricks in walls, buttresses on buildings such as castles, or triangles on bridges.

Sitting about 260 kilometres west of the Danish capital, Copenhagen, is the town of Billund. On the map it is just a dot. Indeed, it takes a train and a bus to get here from the capital.

In a remarkable display of ingenuity and commitment to sustainability, Maritzburg-based eWaste Africa has emerged victorious ...