Turning Martian dust into shelter has long sounded like science fiction, but researchers are now treating it as an engineering problem with a biological answer. Instead of shipping steel and concrete ...

Forget bricks and mortar, scientists hoping to build houses on other worlds are turning to two unexpected building materials: gelatin and yeast. Mars is a terrible place to build a house. It’s ...

Scientists in Hong Kong have developed an innovative biological building material that could enable the future construction of bases and structures on ...