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 ...

A balsa wood glider is really easy to make despite the physics involved in its flight. Make one yourself and have a ton of fun. In this video, I explain how to make it from the beginning. In this ...

DETROIT -- The 2006 Corvette Z06, the fastest 'Vette ever built, gets its speed from balsa wood. OK, maybe that understates the value of its V-8 and light body, but when building a car that goes from ...

Where does the balsa tree grow? Why is it so lightweight? What is it good for? Why do I even want to talk about it? Balsa trees were mentioned a few times in a story of jungle survival by a group of ...

No problem group at Odyssey of the Mind touches people as deeply as the Structure or Building problem -- as our Geek Dad Commentors remind us. We spent this morning among the young builders picking up ...

ST. GALLEN, Switzerland — A team led by fungal researcher Francis Schwarze from Empa's Cellulose & Wood Materials lab in St. Gallen is currently pursuing another idea for a new type of composite ...

Many readers may fondly recall building rubber-band-powered balsa wood model airplanes. While the things were kinda cool, they didn't fly for long, nor could they be remotely controlled. Such is not ...