A new project is experimenting with a special mix of mushroom spores to help saplings better survive in hostile conditions. A UK group is planting 20,000 saplings in Scotland with special roo…

New research out of Finland has successfully showcased how plant cell culture technology can be used to develop natural compounds with attributes that could potentially revolutionise the …

Meet nanowood: a new material with insulation properties capable of blocking at least 10 degrees more heat than Styrofoam that’s also stronger and more environmentally friendly. Develope…

A team of researchers have found that trees grown in an environment surrounded by different species produce more wood than those surrounded by trees of the same species.  At a 50-hectare expe…

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…