INDIANAPOLIS – Do you know what “repointing” bricks means? By definition, it consists of “removing a portion of the deteriorated mortar and redoing the joints with new mortar.” Doing that basically ...

Many Hoosiers find heating their homes to be among their biggest expenses of the winter. Now, even a vacant duplex unit is running up a bill that's turning heads and raising questions over ...

Researchers have developed a method using bacteria to repair bricks used to build structures on the Moon that can develop cracks due to the widely swinging temperatures on the lunar surface. A team of ...

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have developed a bacteria-based technique to repair bricks that can be used to build lunar habitats if they get damaged in the moon's harsh ...

We're going to be on the Moon a lot more often soon, and that means we'll need places to rest, conduct research, and work there. Building habitats and maintaining them will be tough, but bacteria ...