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So: You’re a tree in New Haven. You weather storms, bugs, and disease. After a long life, your time has come to an end. As ...
In Vienna, Europe's second-largest cemetery has embraced biodiversity – without disturbing the dead. Some of the greats are ...
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Natural wood is back in a big way, showing up on walls, built-ins, and ceilings of some of Dallas’ chicest homes. But this isn’t your grandma’s wood paneling or the farmhouse-flavored ...
Green-Wood Cemetery in South Slope began offering green burials eight years ago. Since then, around 20 people have been buried with no steel-lined casket or embalming fluid—just a shroud.
Testing the wood showed that windows made of the material could be better at insulating a house than glass. The experimental setup involved a birdhouse converted into a tiny home with a single ...
Probably not -- unless you've heard of transparent wood. Made by modifying wood's natural structure, this material has been proposed as a sturdy, eco-friendly plastic alternative.
Transparent wood, made by modifying wood’s natural structure, has been proposed as a sturdy, eco-friendly plastic alternative. But wood’s biodegradability is often sacrificed in the process.
While sustainably-grown wood can be an eco-friendly building material, its relatively low tensile strength limits its potential applications. That could soon change, however, thanks to a new self ...
It achieves an ultra-high tensile strength of 496.1 MPa, flexural strength of 392.7 MPa, and impact toughness of 75.2 kJ/m², significantly surpassing natural wood and traditional compressed wood.
Coffins made from invasive vine a sustainable alternative to wood By Hannah Ross ABC North Coast Death and Dying Mon 17 Mar ...