CYPRESS, Calif. -- Scientists call it the eureka moment, when the solution to a problem becomes blindingly simple. It came to David Houghton as he drove home. Houghton, a structural engineer, wondered ...

It’s been claimed that technology is the answer to the climate crisis. By eventually separating economic growth from its effects on the environment through improving energy efficiency, the argument ...

Humans have used bio-based materials for hundreds of thousands of years. These include materials such as timber and bamboo. They are eco-friendly, particularly compared to fossil-fuel products, since ...

Construction is a major carbon dioxide emitter, with eight percent of global emissions traceable to the cement industry and another eight percent coming from steel production. Engineers and ...

More multistory buildings are being made with mass timber, or wood that is glued and pressed in special ways to make it structurally capable of replacing building materials like concrete and steel, ...

In a forest along the Hudson River north of New York City, a strange new building is slowly rising. The strangeness of the building is that it’s meant to be occupied by humans, animals, and plants.

This is the aftermath of the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck Mindanao: a school building collapsed, a commercial establishment crumbled, and debris fell from several structures. The General ...