Tag: architecture

• MY BOOK CHAPTER! The architecture of Fermilab

  I’m a science writer by profession (obviously), but occasionally I get the chance to write about something fun that’s only tangentially related to science. A while back, Belt Publishers — which publishes books and a magazine about the part of the American Midwest known as the Rust Belt — solicited pitches for chapters on a…

  Matthew R. Francis

  October 4, 2019

  books, Print publications

  architecture, Fermilab, history of science, particle physics

• The building materials of the future might be mushrooms and bacteria

  [ This blog is dedicated to tracking my most recent publications. Subscribe to the feed to keep up with all the science stories I write! ] The Cities of the Future Could Be Built From Mushrooms For Earther: Nearly everything about the small block says “wood”: its texture, appearance, sturdiness, and color are like an…

  Matthew R. Francis

  December 29, 2017

  Earther

  architecture, bacteria, biobuilding, climate change, environment, fungi