A major milestone in the evolution of building blocks occurred in 1932 with the introduction of LEGO in Denmark. LEGO revolutionised the traditional block by creating an interlocking brick system ...

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“More and more families are falling in love with Lego building and we are looking forward to making Lego bricks in the US, one of our largest markets,” said CEO Niels B. Christiansen in a statemen ...

So he used a system called insulated concrete foam to incorporate the scraps into building blocks, called Surf Blocks. “Basically, we leave the styrofoam on after we pour the concrete into the ...

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. -- LEGO broke ground Thursday in Chesterfield County, Virginia where the building block company plans to build its first U.S. manufacturing facility. The factory ...

New methodology that couples together carbonyl compounds with boronic acids shows much promise for synthesis owing to ease of access of the building blocks, functional group tolerance and broad ...