This retro material is back—and perhaps better than ever. Here's why designers can't get enough of burl wood right now.

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Origin Materials has achieved the successful conversion of wood residue feedstock into sustainable intermediates at Origin 1, its first commercial-scale plant.

Choosing a type of wood for your fence may depend on many factors, such as visual appeal. This wood is great for adding a natural pop of color to your yard.

In theory, wood should be a cheaper material to manufacture from, although as a novel technology, Murata says they are still working out the costs. So far, few materials have been used for space ...

When you consider the results of this research —wood-based building materials require less energy to produce, emit less pollution to the air and water, contribute lower amounts of CO2 to the ...

Material Choices Some utilities believe switching from wood structures to other materials such as composite fiberglass or steel will protect those structures from wildfire damage. On its face, that ...

Wood, however, can be used for more than support pillars. By selectively extracting wood’s lignin – the substance that makes up its cell walls – and replacing it with a specific type of polymer, it ...

For Bayn Wood, owner of Autumnwood Construction in Shelby Township, man-made decking continues to be a big trend. The current ratio for him is around 85 percent synthetic and 15 percent wood.