"The strength of the home actually comes from the framing." Owner of handmade mud home debunks common concerns with ancient building technique: 'I'm not worried about it' first appeared on The Cool ...

Based on her reporting experience, Frayer said "mud hut" or "mud house" could be accurate descriptions of many homes she's seen in India, North Africa and the American Southwest.

Building an underground house with a mud swimming pool and a fresh water pool is an impressive feat that blends nature and architecture seamlessly. The process starts with selecting a suitable ...

Following best practices from previous federal post-wildfire soil-testing efforts, The Times collected samples from residential properties in Altadena and Pacific Palisades.

Structure of the soil refers to type of aggregation (the way the particle size is clumped together) and thus also depicts porosity (pore space) in your soil. Soil structure is crucial. Just like ...

While the mud batteries are currently being tested on the farm at UCSC as well as at Stanford University, Josephson is looking to deploy them on farms around the country to see how the fuel cells ...