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Aug. 31, 2022 A fast and energy-efficient manufacturing process results in a strong, non-toxic and fire-resistant adhesive--and a great opportunity for the ...
May 20, 2021 Building more homes and buildings with wood has been on the radar for years as a way to offset carbon emissions, though construction companies have been hesitant to take the material in broader use. ...
May 4, 2021 Five years after introducing see-through wood building material, researchers have taken it to another level. They found a way to make their composite 100 percent renewable - and more translucent - by ...
Aug. 11, 2022 Harvested wood products in residential structures will continue to increase carbon storage for the next 50 years, according to a new ...
Oct. 20, 2021 The sharpest knives available are made of either steel or ceramic, both of which are human-made materials that must be forged in furnaces under extreme temperatures. Now, researchers have developed a ...
Sep. 1, 2021 Researchers are tapping into an unexpected energy source right under our feet: wooden floorings. Their nanogenerator enables wood to generate energy from our footfalls. They also improved the wood ...
Feb. 16, 2023 Scientists have figured out a way to engineer wood to trap carbon dioxide through a potentially scalable, energy-efficient process that also makes the material stronger for use in ...
Oct. 26, 2023 According to a new study, surface treatment and moisture affect the antibacterial properties of wood. Based on the findings, treated wood should be increasingly used as surface ...
Aug. 30, 2022 Housing a growing population in homes made out of wood instead of conventional steel and concrete could avoid more than 100 billion tons of emissions of the greenhouse gas CO2 until 2100, a new study ...
Apr. 8, 2021 Waste materials from the pulp and paper industry have long been seen as possible fillers for building products like cement, but for years these materials have ended up in the landfill. Now, ...