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The Greening of Wood Products
November 20, 2010

The Greening of Wood Products

Wood composites offer resilience, efficiency and strength.


Broken Beams
September 9, 2010

Broken Beams

Engineers like to break things. In my years reporting on university research, I’ve seen them bend reinforced wood beams as wide as my front door until they shatter. They’ll pummel stud walls repeatedly until the nails cry uncle. Bunker-sized concrete bridge beams will crack from one end to the other as they are stressed with [...]