Building faster isn't building better
The Australian Federal Government's promise to deliver 1.2 million new homes by 2029 through the National Housing Accord has become one of the most pressing policy debates in Australia.
The Australian Federal Government's promise to deliver 1.2 million new homes by 2029 through the National Housing Accord has become one of the most pressing policy debates in Australia.
The idea of building settlements on Mars is a popular goal of billionaires, space agencies and interplanetary enthusiasts.
Bad weather on Monday forced SpaceX to postpone the latest launch of its massive prototype Starship rocket, key to founder Elon Musk's dreams of colonizing Mars and NASA's plans to return astronauts to the moon.
Researchers have shown for the first time how hidden motions could control how granular materials such as soil and snow slip and slide, confirming a long-suspected hypothesis. The knowledge could help in understanding how ...
A research team has developed a new material that can significantly enhance the lifetime and efficiency of quantum-dot light-emitting diodes (QLEDs), which is a next-generation display technology. Applying a high-binding-energy ...
Scientists pursuing magnetically-confined nuclear fusion as a clean energy source grapple with the "core-edge challenge," the need to integrate the core of the reactor, where plasma must be 10 times hotter than the sun, with ...
You know, if you think about it, and trust me we're about to, the moon is kind of weird. Of all the terrestrial worlds of the solar system, we're the only one with a substantial natural satellite. Mercury and Venus have nothing. ...
Researchers in McGill's Department of Mechanical Engineering have discovered a safe and low-cost method of engineering living materials such as tissues, organs and blood clots. By simply vibrating these materials as they ...
Scientists from National Taiwan University have developed a new nanomaterial-based system that dramatically improves the detection of a wide range of psychoactive substances, including emerging designer drugs.
Clothing that adapts to one's needs and senses the external habitat. A lunar lava tunnel that uses bacteria, plants and fungi to create sustainable human habitats within otherwise unlivable places. Buildings grown from living ...