That line from "The Graduate," set in 1960s California, still holds up in 2025, as plastic has become the star component in many new building materials in the residential construction industry.

There’s still mush-room for improvement Before being used for homes, fences or other construction, a lot more testing is needed to find a living building material to replace cement, said Avinash ...

The proliferation and evolution of wood construction helped shape the architectural and cultural identity of the nation. For ...

How can fungi be used as building construction materials? This is what a recent study published in Cell Reports Physical Science hopes to address as a team of researchers investigated how engineered ...