A look at how local resource use, material innovation, and autonomous construction are enabling practical habitat development ...

Luna Labs has selected UNC Greensboro (UNCG) chemistry professor Nicholas Oberlies to lead a NASA-funded project exploring whether fungi can be grown into building materials for construction on the ...

Scientists are exploring an exciting idea for future space missions: building structures on the Moon using the Moon’s own ...

A recent study published in PLOS One has revealed a groundbreaking discovery: the toxic chemicals found in Mars’s dirt could potentially be used to build the infrastructure necessary for sustaining ...

Fungi are master engineers capable of building vast networks underground. Now, researchers have harnessed their capabilities to create a living building material that could be a sustainable ...

As humanity increasingly looks to the stars, the dream of establishing sustainable colonies on Mars becomes more realistic. A significant breakthrough in this direction was recently made by scientists ...

Why it matters: While not evidence of life, these discoveries show that ancient Mars had complex organic chemistry, ...