With a result that offers major potential for the forest industry, an international team of researchers has successfully sequenced and analysed the genome of Eucalyptus grandis. “Now that…

National energy policies increasingly support the use of forest biomass for energy supply due to its contribution to climate change mitigation, community welfare and local development. T…

The Landesgartenschau Exhibition Hall in Stuttgart, Germany, is claimed to be the first building to have its core structure made entirely from interlocking timber sections created by robo…

next-generation material. It is one-fifth the weight of steel but about five times stronger. The group aim to utilise the new material for manufacturing auto parts, construction materials…

Skid trails constructed for timber extraction in steep terrain can constitute an environmental concern if not well planned and executed. Carrying out post-harvest surveys in monitoring c…

Researchers at Harvard University have developed a way to 3D-print a cellular composite with record lightness and stiffness using an epoxy resin. This marks the first time that epoxy is used…