So, as you are taking a walk in White’s Woods in the fall, look for the small witch hazel blooms as the tree’s leaves first ...

The seemingly delicate witch hazel plant found in forests may soon take an unexpected role as a source of inspiration for robotics. Thanks to its impressive seed-shooting capabilities. This intriguing ...

The witch hazel plant has quite a unique skill – it's able to shoot out its seeds at a speed of 30 feet (9 m) per second. Scientists now know how the plant does it, and believe that their findings ...

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DURHAM, N.C. -- If you happened upon a witch hazel plant in the forest, you might describe it as a sweet-smelling shrub with crinkly ribbon-like petals. But to Duke University graduate student Justin ...

Chinese witch hazel takes a ballistic approach to reproduction. By Kenneth Chang Squeeze tightly on a watermelon seed between two of your fingers, and it’ll shoot out and fly through the air, as ...

I wasn’t outside as much as I would have liked this past week so I asked a friend who works outside for some news about what has been happening in the woods. It didn’t take him long to come up with ...

“Witch hazel is a botanical extract derived from a flowering plant. Preparations have been made from its leaves and bark for ages,” said Dr. Hadley King, a board-certified dermatologist who ...