Using simple blocks with shapes like cubes or hourglasses, researchers have found ways to construct strong panels with no fasteners securing most of the blocks. Such constructions remain intact even ...

Blocks grow with you — from basic alphabet blocks and geometric building blocks, to Tinker Toys and Legos and girder and panel sets, to bricks and split-face cinder blocks. As pointed out in a recent ...

New building blocks can interlock without cement, and stay strong when damaged. Large versions of the bricks could give flexible foundations to buildings in earthquake zones, says one of the team that ...