A balsa wood glider is really easy to make despite the physics involved in its flight. Make one yourself and have a ton of ...

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 ...

Wind turbine blades can be truly enormous, reaching lengths of up to 107 m (351 ft). They often incorporate lightweight balsa wood, which may soon be easier than ever to reclaim for recycling when the ...

Balsa is a soft, lightweight wood that’s perfectly suited to whittling but not a whole lot else. Which is a shame, according to Kihyun Kim, because it’s a relatively sustainable, fast-growing resource ...

I shouldn’t have been surprised. The East Tennessee region where he made his name is notoriously insular, with a history of bootlegging and moonshiners who took great pains to hide themselves from ...

From the creator of critically acclaimed Kerbal Space Program comes another flight sim that promises a unique gameplay experience: Balsa Model Flight Simulator. After a 1-month open beta that saw more ...

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 ...

When a project requires wood, balsa wood is a go-to for a reason; it's lightweight, easy to work with, and affordable. It's also considered relatively strong for its weight, but that doesn't mean it's ...

CAMBRIDGE, MA – An essential lumber product tucked inside the blades of sleek massive wind turbines is experiencing spot shortages of supply: Balsa wood. The lightweight wood is used to build sandwich ...

Simply sign up to the Global Economy myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. The rollout of new wind power projects could be delayed by a shortage of balsa wood. Better known for its use in ...

Seizures of illegally harvested balsa wood more than doubled in Ecuador between 2019 and 2020. Timber mafias operating along Ecuador’s borders with Peru and Colombia have been profiting from the ...