Swiss researchers have developed a new kind of wood that glows in the dark. To achieve the breakthrough, they combined balsa ...

Balsa wood has long been revered for its strength and lightweight composition, two properties that make it ideal for building model structures and airplanes. Researchers from the US and China have ...

Credit: Empa/Cover Images Swiss researchers have developed a new kind of wood that glows in the dark. Scientists at Empa's ...

High school students put their engineering skills to the test as they added more and more weights to their balsa wood bridge ...

More commonly known as the balsa tree, Ochroma is found in many Latin American countries and is the source of the lightweight wood used to make snap-together model dinosaurs, Popsicle sticks ...

More than one of my childhood birthday presents included a balsa wood airplane. They came as assembly kits that were fun to build but not as much fun as tossing them into the air and watching them ...