Pine-cone-inspired Solar Gate window units getting put to the test in the University of Freiburg's livMatS Biomimetic Shell building University of Stuttgart 2 / 5 ...

NEWTON – The price of a dipped ice cream cone has doubled at Pine River Dairy, but the sweet treat is still a very good bargain. “My grandfather set the price of an ice cream cone at 25 cents ...

Researchers at the Universities of Stuttgart and Freiburg looked to the natural world for inspiration, specifically the movements of pine cones. These natural structures open and close in response ...

There likely isn't much snow, but maybe you have a bunch of pine cones in your yard in Minnesota right now. Did you know that instead of bagging them up or taking them to the compost site, you could ...

Using pine cones as a model, researchers at the universities of Stuttgart and Freiburg have developed a new, energy-autonomous facade system that adapts passively to the weather. The journal Nature ...

One hundred each of the following bare-root seedlings will be available: American beech (Fagus grandifolia); black gum (Nyssa sylvatica); longleaf pine (Pinus palustris); overcup oak (Quercus ...

The general rule among trees is monoecy, where male and female sexes are carried by the same individual, in the form of cones in conifers or flowers in deciduous trees. To recap, in these majority ...

Pine trees produce a tremendous amount of pollen from the male cones. Being so light in weight, the pollen can be carried great distances by the slightest breezes. I leave my pickup parked in the ...