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Termites are very commonly known among those who have wood homes. The tiny insects can enter the inner structure and start foraging in it until the entire household is in danger of falling down on itself. Experts have known for a long time that two species of termites can easily coexist in the same tree or piece of w... |
31 August 2009
10:49 GMT |
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With Apple striving to meet Greenpeace standards in removing all toxic and non-recyclable materials from its products, the iPod maker could well use a guy like Josh Darrah on its team of designers. The Australian graphic designer going by the screen name of jozaeh on flickr has created an iPod mini case almost entire... |
9 July 2009
05:41 GMT |
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Aphids are generally known for having a society that is separated in classes, in which workers collect food, soldiers fight enemies, and others attend to the youngsters. But a new research has revealed that these tiny insects are full of surprises. Scientists noted that the soldier class not only engaged in battles, ... |
6 July 2009
04:38 GMT |
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Oddly enough, many countries around the globe are currently engaged in railroad repair work, attempting to replace millions of miles of tracks that have been left in decay over the years. However, one of the most pressing questions about the repairs, and one that is among the last to intuitively leap to mind, is whe... |
15 May 2009
06:08 GMT |
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For some 20 years now, Buddhist monk Hua Chi has been praying in the same spot in the temple he lives in. Over so many years, the soles of his feet have become perfectly ingrained in the wood of the floor, and have now reached a depth of 1.2 inches in some places. The monk is so devoted that he does anywhere between ... |
27 February 2009
02:34 GMT |
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Texas A&M University professor emeritus of biochemistry, Joseph Nagyvary, hypothesized more than 33 years ago that the famous violins built by Antonio Stradivari (1644 – 1737) and contemporary Guarneri del Gesu were actually treated with large amounts of chemicals, which directly led to their pristine sound. Ho... |
23 January 2009
04:47 GMT |
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Carved from the finest woods, the iWood and iWood touch are the latest-introduced cases for Apple handset owners, but also iPod fans. The 100% wooden-crafted cases are made of Oak, Padouk, Cherry, Mahogany, Walnut wood, or even pre-ice-age Kauri timber, and can be engraved for personalization. Miniot claims that, oc... |
8 January 2009
08:28 GMT |
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It is very hard to please the consumers of the toy market, especially recently, given all the fuss about the plastic health hazard, but also because generally toys are always prone to being swallowed, easily broken, sucked on, bitten (by fragile, milk teeth), smashed on hard surfaces or, perhaps the worst of all thin... |
3 December 2008
06:40 GMT |
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An old picture taken by the Opportunity rover that has been roaming around on Mars for several years now has recently been the target of much speculation and fueled more conspiracy theories (as if there was not enough of that already). The highly controversial item in the photograph appears to be a plank of wood rest... |
2 December 2008
07:00 GMT |
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It's almost amazing how violins made by applying three century old technology cannot be matched in sound quality by violins made through modern technology. No wonder some of these musical instruments value several hundred million dollars each and made Stradivari and Guarneri del Gesu some of the most famous mast... |
2 July 2008
08:38 GMT |
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Paper consists of mostly cellulose. The new biological nanopaper developed by Lars Berlund from the Swedish Royal Institute of Technology is no different, only that it is as strong as cast iron and could be used one day to create strong sticky tape or tough synthetic replacements for biological tissues and stronger c... |
7 June 2008
04:42 GMT |
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The height growth of the plants is a very strenuous process. While reaching to the sky, the plants waste a lot of energy as they must fight the gravitational force. That's why the tree world giant, endowed with the right "pumps", can grow to a maximum height of 130 m (430 ft). World's tallest trees are the ... |
30 April 2008
10:58 GMT |
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Chinese were the first people to make paper 2,200 years ago. They were inspired by wasps, noticing how they chewed wood to produce a material resembling paper for making their nests. Wood cellulose is the main raw material for making paper, but it can be replaced by other plant fibers. Wood cellulose can come from h... |
16 January 2008
08:46 GMT |
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1. Timber is at great demand because it is accessible, ductile, processable, can be combined and has a nice look. Wood has a specific pattern, depending on the species. This is the most visible in longitudinal sections, when the inner structure can be deduced. 2. Another trait of the timber is the existence of knots,... |
16 January 2008
07:15 GMT |
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1.A rain forest represents an explosion of life, the peak of biological diversity on Earth. But the trees that make the current rainforest emerged during the Cretaceous, at the sunset of the dinosaur realm. So, when did the first rainforest appear? And how did it look like?The underground workings of a coalmine, in ... |
20 December 2007
10:23 GMT |
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Previously, Roman thrones were known only from paintings or as made of marble. But now researchers have discovered the first ever surviving Roman throne in the lava and ash that buried the city of Herculaneum, during the 79 AD eruption of the volcano Vesuvius (which destroyed also Pompeii and Stabiae), 82 ft (27 m) u... |
6 December 2007
04:39 GMT |
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An oak with a 37 cm trunk diameter has about 119,000 leaves while a pine with a trunk of 60-70 cm in diameter has 30-40 million needle leaves. An oak eliminates in a warm summer through its leaves about 10 tonnes of water. There is only one place in the world, at the north of the Panama Channel, where trees with a sq... |
23 November 2007
15:59 GMT |
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In just a few months, termites can turn a woodhouse into dust. But it is exactly this ability that can deliver us greener biofuel. Their abdomens harbor a treasure of microbes that could deliver enzymes for turning wood or waste biomass into biofuels and a new DNA analysis published in the journal Nature represents a... |
22 November 2007
04:03 GMT |
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Melting ice has 'provided' us with frozen mammoths and even frozen people, like the famous Oetzi from the Alps, as if they were kept in a fridge. No wonder that melting glaciers in Western Canada, which recently reached a historic minimum, have unveiled 7,000-year-old tree stumps. The prehistoric tree stump... |
1 November 2007
06:00 GMT |
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LG must be running out of color ideas, as they switched to wood with their Shine great selling line of handsets. Great strategy, although it's left to see just how successful it will be.We have already had a red version of LG Shine, a golden one, Titanium Black, a Signature Edition and the list goes on with the ... |
29 October 2007
12:14 GMT |
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Unlike most external storage solutions, be them based on a hard disk drive or a flash memory stick, the Suissa external hard drive drops the new and slick plastic or metal casing for a more unusual but very appealing design. The unique Suissa external storage box comes encapsulated in maple wood and it features a rou... |
22 August 2007
09:44 GMT |
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This is somehow like the case of the frozen mammoths that still have meat on them. But if those mammoths are tens of thousands of years old, these trees are 8 million years, dating back from the time when Europe was a subtropical wet paradise. The trees look like ghost forests, but this rare cluster of fossilized tre... |
2 August 2007
07:07 GMT |
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It looks as if the green race towards a more environmentally-friendly computer system took the United Kingdom by surprise. Or at the very least, one such model of green computing surely changed the world view about natural materials and their role inside a computer. A computer system vendor and parts retailer, PC Wor... |
24 July 2007
06:21 GMT |
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I don't know why all the major radio manufacturers began to embed their items in wood, but I don't mind that at all. It is true, the wood they're using is top-quality, but still it is wood, so the products are less practical, but more sophisticated. If you're a retro gadgets fan and own a disco ba... |
27 June 2007
05:50 GMT |
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There's no wood having a longer history than that of cedar wood. Cedars are coniferous trees of the genus Cedrus, related to the Firs (Abies). They are native to the mountains of the western Himalaya and the Mediterranean region. The Mediterranean type grows at 1,000-2,200 m altitudes.The most famous Lebanese ce... |
29 May 2007
15:06 GMT |
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There are a lot of puzzle games that go around in the wide virtual world. The reason for which there are so many is pretty simple: all of them are addictive and have something that keeps the person playing no matter what.For some it's the funny story. Or maybe the story behind the game is pretty interesting and ... |
11 May 2007
17:32 GMT |
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When did the trademark of Robin Hood appear?And how did the first woods look like? Scientists have now found complete fossils of the world's oldest forest, during the Devonian era, 385 million years ago. But this forest may have looked like young palm trees as it was made of slender trees about three stories ta... |
19 April 2007
03:11 GMT |
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The about 4,000 species of termites found worldwide are some of the most important detrivores in tropical and subtropical areas, recycling wood and dead leaf. Their role in the ecosystem may be important, but their habit of consuming dead wood sometimes does great damage to buildings and other wooden structures.Their... |
21 March 2007
06:50 GMT |
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