Insulation materials of tomorrow must be both efficient and environmentally friendly. Scientists are developing insulation foam made from wood that could re- place petrochemical plastics in the long ...

In the spring of 2005, while building a wooden boat in York, Mike LaVecchia pondered ways to use his boatbuilding skills to construct a wooden surfboard. "It just came to me one day," he says. The ...

To find the headquarters of Grain Surfboards, turn away from the beach. Drive 10 minutes past the steepled church in York, Maine, past the clam shacks, past the farmstand that advertises Fresh Corn, ...