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

BioStrong Wood, made with fungi and heat, is stronger than steel, lighter, and locks away carbon - offering a greener path ...

When you're shopping for vintage furniture, it can be tough to tell which pieces are made from solid wood. However, there are ...

A research team led by the University of the Basque Country (EHU), together with Wuhan University and the Chinese Academy of ...

So, can a skyscraper made of wood truly help build a better world? The research suggests the idea isn’t just possible; it’s ...

Accsys, the global leader in high-performance wood, has formed a strategic partnership with GMX Group, a top provider of ...

Put wood up against concrete, aluminum, steel, iron, plastic, glass or even brick and, hands-down, the embodied energy of wood is lower than any of those non-renewable materials by a vast margin.

Tough stuff: natural and densified wood It is stronger than steel, capable of deflecting bullets and lighter than metal alloys – yet this new “supermaterial” is made mostly from wood. The material was ...

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

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 ...

The resulting material has been dubbed Nxylon (the name comes from mashing together Nyx, the Greek goddess of darkness, with xylon the Greek word for wood) and has been prototyped into watch faces ...

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 ...