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Aluminum or wood?

2/13/13

The emerald ash borer threatens the ash population in the midwestern and eastern U.S. Beyond ash tree uses for firewood and guitar manufacturing it makes a pretty good baseball bat. What would the game look like if Major League Baseball was forced to use aluminum?

ash tree on Penn State campus

Decoys could blunt spread of ash-killing beetles

2/12/13

As the emerald ash borer ravages North American ash trees, threatening the trees' very survival, a team of entomologists and engineers may have found a way to prevent the spread of the pests. "Within 25 years, practically no ash trees may remain on either side of the St. Lawrence Seaway," said Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Charles Godfrey Binder Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics at Penn State.

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Emerald ash borer surveys being conducted in Pennsylvania

6/3/09

Several state and federal agencies, in collaboration with Penn State Cooperative Extension, are on the lookout for various species of invasive insects once again this summer in many parts of Pennsylvania. Survey efforts are targeting the emerald ash borer, Agrilus planipennis, which is deadly to ash trees.

Go to video

Aluminum or wood?

2/13/13

The emerald ash borer threatens the ash population in the midwestern and eastern U.S. Beyond ash tree uses for firewood and guitar manufacturing it makes a pretty good baseball bat. What would the game look like if Major League Baseball was forced to use aluminum?

ash tree on Penn State campus

Decoys could blunt spread of ash-killing beetles

2/12/13

As the emerald ash borer ravages North American ash trees, threatening the trees' very survival, a team of entomologists and engineers may have found a way to prevent the spread of the pests. "Within 25 years, practically no ash trees may remain on either side of the St. Lawrence Seaway," said Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Charles Godfrey Binder Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics at Penn State.

Untitled

Emerald ash borer surveys being conducted in Pennsylvania

6/3/09

Several state and federal agencies, in collaboration with Penn State Cooperative Extension, are on the lookout for various species of invasive insects once again this summer in many parts of Pennsylvania. Survey efforts are targeting the emerald ash borer, Agrilus planipennis, which is deadly to ash trees.