Lignin can now be efficiently and cost-effectively separated from sawdust, by using eutectic solvents. VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed solvents using which 50% of t…

Researchers from Sweden’s Royal Institute of Technology earlier this year announced the development of an “optically transparent wood”. Now, in a new study, engineers at the US-based Univ…

Cable logging systems require either fixed or mobile anchor support(s) to maintain safe and effective yarding of materials in steep terrain. A new Oregon State University study has outline…

In the future bark could be used as a raw material for a bio-based wood preservative. A new collaboration between the Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke) and the Universities of Easte…

An innovative new wood product, Mass Plywood Panel (MPP), is hitting the market thanks to Freres Lumber. MPP is currently being tested and refined through a partnership with Oregon State Uni…

In many forests, the collection of information pertaining to the wood remains neglected, due to a shortage of specially trained personnel, specific expertise, funding, or appropriate tec…

The team behind a prototype automatic tree planting robot, from Canada’s University of Victoria, have developed a second generation of their TreeRover device. Better digging ability for t…

Australia is experiencing more extremely hot days and severe fire seasons according to the findings of a new climate report. The biennial CSIRO and Bureau of Meteorology State of the Climate…