Tiny soldier figurines play fifes and drums in front of a model of Colonial Williamsburg’s Capitol. Figurines of women in ...

Bharat Baruah never expected his woodworking hobby to collide with his ... To test the idea, the team started with balsa—a soft, light, fast-growing type of wood. They used a vacuum chamber ...

It’s the world’s largest annual celebration of high-power rocketry—serious projectiles, launched by serious adults, that fly exponentially higher, faster, and farther than the balsa-and ...

He’s been involved in the hobby for 54 years. “It’s night and day from where it started,” he said. While aeromodeling began with balsa wood, rubber bands and glue, hobbyists have since ...

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Imagine cutting a sheet of wood with nothing more than a utility knife. That's balsa for you. You may remember this ultralight-weight wood from model plane kits in childhood. Bring this material out ...

Pieces of balsa wood and wood working tools sit atop a work surface. - Kittyfly/Shutterstock ...

Kennesaw State University researcher Bharat Baruah believes transparent wood could serve as a viable alternative to the ...