Crews are using aircrafts to reinforce retardant lines and reduce the threat to a communication tower serving Huslia.Mop up work and structure protection is continuing on the Himalaya Road Fire, Aggie ...

Oak trees change their fine roots and "energize" soil microbes by supplying them with a cocktail of small organic compounds, ...

Buildings adorned with plants are an increasingly familiar sight in cities worldwide. These “green walls” are generally ...

Infrastructure is the stuff that makes life possible. But it's an eyesore. As early as the 1910s, Pittsburghers sought ways to hide it.

Long-term degradation of polymer insulation systems is a major reliability issue for the electrical generation and supply industries. In the laboratory, unrepresentative needle geometries are ...

Storms that passed through Calhoun County late Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning brought down many trees, blocking roads, mangling power lines, and damaging some structures. Some storm ...

Johns Hopkins University plans to cut down 92 trees from the area slated for the artificial intelligence building planned on its Baltimore campus. Despite promises to plant hundreds more, some neig… ...

The team found that throughout the structures they investigated, the wood was damaged (bad news), but the system of water, mud and wood was keeping it all together (good news).

Why don’t trees rot in the ground, while wooden structures do if they aren’t properly built? (continued) Joe Geesin Kidderminster, Worcestershire, UK The wood that provides the structural ...