The Yakisugi wood technique is a Japanese tradition that creates stunning pieces of wood accents and furniture. Here's how to ...

Prop counters, which are used gas-filled proportional counter detectors, were used by past generations of analyzers. The prop counter detection system provides broad peaks, thus zinc and copper were ...

The latest legislation comes into play this year regarding creosote use. The sale of creosote-treated fencing products for agricultural or equine purposes will be deemed illegal. Creosote, derived ...

Most options for wood used in decks, outdoor furniture and siding are rarely entirely earth friendly, since they are often treated with heavy metals or toxic chemicals, or logged from unsustainable ...

Wood therapy is a vigorous massage technique that utilizes wooden, handheld tools, such as rolling pins and vacuum-suction cups. People also refer to wood therapy as maderotherapy or maderoterapia.

The state is fining a Eugene wood treatment plant more than $200,000 for hazardous waste and water quality violations that allegedly occurred over the last five years. The Oregon Department of ...

A good violin depends on the expertise of the violin maker, but also on the quality of the wood that is used. Professor Francis W. M. R. Schwarze of th Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science ...

After decades trapping crayfish in northwest Oregon, Mike Hailey could tell when something was wrong. In the summer of 2023, Hailey noticed crayfish had disappeared downriver from a wood treatment ...

A Eugene-based wood treatment facility and its president have agreed to pay $1.5 million in criminal fines for illegal treatment of hazardous waste in violation of the Clean Air Act’s pollution ...