Printed electronics have opened up applications—flexible circuits and rollable displays, to name two—that were impossible with conventional electronics. Usually printed electronics…

British Columba (BC) is currently experiencing major issues in the pulp and paper sector, such as the shortage of experienced drivers, inefficient transportation planning and the high tra…

Manipulation of stand density and choice of genetic material are two key mechanisms through which forest managers can influence tree growth and wood properties. Past silvicultural practi…

Optimisation of saw thickness and feed speeds can be determined by trial and error, but the results are most often specific to the particular conditions in that sawmill, and not generally app…

Scientists at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of California, Berkeley have created a hybrid system of bacteria and semiconducting nanowires that mimics phot…

Trees may be a renewable resource, but the rate of this renewal may not meet the increasing demand for plant biomass. But now researchers at the University of Manchester have potentially foun…

New Zealand’s forestry supply chain handles a wide range of log products to meet domestic and export market demands and to maximise returns to the forest grower. A typical harvesting operati…

Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Energy and Safety Technology have developed a “biobattery”, in the form of a highly efficient biogas plant. This plant can turn r…