Oyster mushrooms and repurposed bamboo furniture scraps may be an unlikely combination for a tough building material, but engineers have used this curious mix to create a new biomimicry-inspired tile, ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A Kenyan company makes building panels from mushroom roots that cost two-thirds the price of traditional materials ...

MycoTile grows mushroom roots to make affordable, eco-friendly panels. Fungi-based materials could help ease Nairobi’s housing shortage. Mycelium panels cost about one-third less than traditional ...

Among the many things we could do to reduce strain on the environment is find greener ways of constructing buildings. You see, cement production accounts for 8% of CO2 emissions worldwide – and a lot ...

A future where sustainable and self-repairing homes are built with engineered living materials (ELMs) got a little closer to being realized thanks to a promising new study. CNN reported that ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. The fascinating, complex world of fungi is enabling breakthroughs ...

Six years ago, when a fire broke out in a London high-rise and burned for 60 hours, killing dozens of people, the cladding on the outside walls was part of the problem. The panels, filled with a ...

The site of the former Phoenix Ironworks Steel Factory in West Oakland, Calif., has sat empty for 35 years even as a housing crisis has gripped the area and led to accidents such as the Ghost Ship ...

A large mushroom farm near the Kenyan capital of Nairobi is one of a kind: It grows fungi on an industrial scale — not as food for restaurants but as a building material that some Kenyans say could ...