The problem of stolen manhole covers in Turkey might seem an unlikely starting point for a new way for buildings to withstand earthquakes and tackle the construction industry's environmental issues, ...

We might not have many official LEGO airplanes, but there are many fan-made ones. At the moment, there aren't many original sets that are big enough to be considered adult sets. The majority are ...

Materials engineers at MIT have created the carbon fiber equivalent of Lego bricks or K'Nex -- interlocking carbon fiber blocks that can be formed into large structures that are 10 times stiffer than ...