A new ‘wood carbon sponge’ that can endure extreme conditions could be used in products including strain sensors found in wearable health-monitoring electronics, water-purification dev…

Alcoholic beverages with flavours reminiscent of whisky aged in wooden barrels have been produced by fermenting cedar, white birch and cherry trees. Four kilograms of wood yielded 3.8 litr…

Professor Jeff Morrell of Oregon State University has been appointed as Director of the National Centre for Timber Durability and Design Life for a term of five years. The Centre is a strategi…

Industry members are invited to deliver their verdicts on a number of proposed projects relating to data analysis and forecasting, as outlined in a newly-released industry consultation do…

See how the new Forest Climate Risk Tool enables us to ascertain likely changes to temperature, rainfall, days of extreme heat and high fire danger. With this information, further modelling …

Forest managers will be able to gauge the likely effect of climate change on growing conditions in their specific areas with a new interactive online tool developed by the CSIRO with funding f…

A new mystery surface treatment developed by the CSIRO is set to enhance the viability and desirability of hardwood components in construction, by improving bond strength when adhesives an…