SAN FRANCISCO -- The last inmates of Alcatraz Federal Prison left the crumbling ... it would cost $5 million to repair the deteriorating buildings which contributed to recent escape attempts.

Living concrete represents a revolutionary advancement in construction materials, merging biology and engineering to create self-healing components that repair damage autonomously. This ...

Folha visited the restoration works at the former prison on Anchieta Island, in Ubatuba, on São Paulo's coast ...

Located in San Francisco's North Bay, not far from Alcatraz Island, the buildings were nearly forgotten and their history almost lost, until one day in 1970, when Alexander Weiss, a California State ...