and test a structure made of balsa wood and glue that will balance and support weights. The team is allowed to use materials other than balsa wood and glue to assemble the parts of the structure.

Scientists at Empa's Cellulose & Wood Materials lab in St. Gallen, Switzerland, combined balsa wood with a bioluminescent ... as an eco-friendly light source. Project lead Francis Schwarze ...

After testing various wood types, Schwarze found balsa wood to be able to hold on to its stiffness and compressive strength after being exposed to the fungus. Through spectroscopy, a scientific ...

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 ...