Keyboards! They’ve been almost universally made out of plastic since the dawn of the microcomputer era. Meanwhile, wood is a rather desirable material and it lends itself rather well to touch-heavy ...

Devastating residential blazes and wildfires take a terrible toll in terms of deaths and injuries, as well as property loss. Today, researchers will report on a new type of coating that could limit ...

Even before sustainability became an international topic, the Japanese had found a smart way to grow high-quality wood without having to destroy a forest. This technique of growing high-quality cedar ...

Thirty years ago, a botanist in Germany had a simple wish: to see the inner workings of woody plants without dissecting them. By bleaching away the pigments in plant cells, Siegfried Fink managed to ...

Wood is an excellent construction material. It’s durable, strong, lightweight, insulating, and one of the most sustainable materials you can think of. But it has one major limitation: it doesn’t bend ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Xylo Bats is a company in Texas crafting custom wooden baseball bats. Owner Leland Wetzel made his first bat in 2012, and now the company produces over 1,000 bats a ...

Enviva Inc. EVA started construction of Epes plant in Sumter County, AL. The company has been operating in Sumter County since its first assessment of the location in 2018. The plant has been designed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hunter, elk, and selfbow To many, the idea of going to the woods, cutting down a tree, crafting a simple longbow, and taking a ...

Tropical Storm Rachel caused devastation along the waterfront in Long Beach, California. Akiko Fujita reports and Grant ...

Researchers at the University of Maryland (UMD) have figured out a simple, affordable method for creating natural wood materials that are 23 times harder than typical woods, according to a new paper ...

This story was originally published by Knowable Magazine. Thirty years ago, a botanist in Germany had a simple wish: to see the inner workings of woody plants without dissecting them. By bleaching ...