Unlike lacquer, shellac and varnish, which have been around for centuries, polyurethane is a product of 20th-century lab ...

Today he owns one of several Lancaster County companies that specialize in getting wood out of old buildings, treating it and marketing it to builders, furniture makers and DIYers. Reclaimed wood ...

He and his colleagues were digging a trench in the Canadian province of Quebec, one that they planned to fill with 35 metric tons of wood, cover with clay soil, and let sit for nine years.

"The wood is nice and solid -- you could probably make a piece of furniture out of it," Zeng noted. Understanding the unique environmental factors that kept that ancient log in mint condition ...

Spar has announced the suspension of sales for its Namibian-produced Top Score vanilla-flavoured instant maize porridge amid ongoing investigations into a tragic incident involving four children.

Outside, there will be a new facade, which is where the reclaimed redwood from decommissioned water tanks comes in. The wood slats — cleaned, dried and planed to take off the roughness — will ...

“This accidental discovery really gave a critical data point,” said Ning Zeng, a University of Maryland climate scientist whose team unearthed the ancient chunk of wood. “It’s a single ...

Instead, consider adding a wood stove—an appliance that provides a country aesthetic and serves as a primary or secondary source of heat. Modern wood stoves can be safe, affordable, and ...

(RTTNews) - Lanxess AG (LNXSF.PK), a German specialty chemicals company, announced Thursday that it has signed a contract to sell its Urethane Systems business to UBE Corp. for enterprise value of ...

Democratic U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin, of Holly, and Republican former U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers, of White Lake, clashed in a fractious debate Tuesday night ahead of the Nov. 5 election for Michigan's ...

Cathie Wood, chief of Ark Investment Management, frequently buys big-name technology stocks, especially the megacaps. That’s what she has done this week. The megacaps can provide ballast to Ark ...