On October 8, 2005, the northern mountainous region of Pakistan was struck by a magnitude Mw = 7.6 earthquake which killed an estimated 100,000 people, destroyed over 780,000 buildings and rendered ...

What’s most interesting about Y Innovations’ Straw Bale House Project isn’t the unusual building materials or novel approach to addressing homelessness and utilizing vacant lots. It’s not even that ...

Near Hudson, N.Y., a Princeton University team erected a cottage made from the agricultural byproduct, which they said is ...

A reusable straw made from injection molded parts sucked up a lot of attention and more than $75,000 of financial support on the project launch site Kickstarter. The "high-tolerance" polypropylene ...