Gray birch (Betula populifolia), otherwise known as “old field birch,” is an incredibly short-lived species. These trees are an iconic aspect of the American pastoral, often taking root among vast ...

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Few things feel more comforting than curling up beside a crackling fire on a cold night. The smell of burning wood, especially during the chillier seasons, is a nostalgic scent for many. But here’s ...

With these new pre-finished options, builders and installers can save time on site, extend the building season by eliminating ...

Walking along the banks of a river, through a young forest, or along a city street, there is a tree that stands out from the rest. At first glance it might appear to be just another paper birch, but ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Cutting peat is delicious – if you do it, old-style, with a spade, it comes out of the ground in thick slabs as ...

We looked for the best air purifiers for mold that have a true HEPA filter, which can remove 99.97% of particles as small as 0.3 microns (including spores). It’s important to note that while air ...

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Delhi green crackers news: Ten days ahead of Diwali, the Supreme Court on Friday indicated that it may relax the total ban on firecrackers in Delhi-NCR “on a trial basis” and take steps to “balance ...

Abstract: Fire and smoke detection is an important technology in the fire monitoring system. This paper presents a method of fire and smoke detection based on Surendra background and gray bitmap plane ...

This past February, chemist Pawel Misztal pulled his white Ford van onto the I-10 freeway, headed west from Austin, Texas, to southern California. The last embers of the massive Eaton and Palisades ...