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 ...

More commonly known as the balsa tree, Ochroma is found in many Latin American countries and is the source of the lightweight wood used to make snap-together model dinosaurs, Popsicle sticks ...

To achieve the breakthrough, they combined balsa with a bioluminescent fungus. The innovative material uses white rot fungus D. tabescens to create a sustainable light source. Honey fungus ...