Native trees benefitted from rat removal at Palmyra Atoll, a magnificent national wildlife refuge and natural research laboratory located about 1,000 miles south of Hawaii. For five nativ…

Canadian design house Maison Milan has produced a multi-functional wooden kitchen knife. The implement consists of a solid walnut blade attached to a stumpy cast-iron handle that enables i…

Fast-spreading Xylella fastidiosa is one of the world’s most dangerous plant pathogens, devastating tree species from citrus to oak trees across the globe. Now, hyperspectral cameras mou…

Advances in microscope technology and molecular biology are allowing researchers to see exactly how xylem or wood is formed, in real-time, at the cellular level. Professor Staffan Persson…

A new systems biology model mimicking the process of wood formation allows the prediction of effects in switching on and off genes involved in producing lignin. The model speeds the process o…

Plastic and paper-based food packaging needs a coating to prevent water or oxygen from penetrating the cover and spoiling the foodstuff inside. This is usually manufactured from petroleum…

The aptly named Professor Tim Bugg has used bacteria to turn lignin into a strong, mouldable plastic. Professor Bugg worked with a genetically modified bacteria called Rhodococcus jostii w…