and panels made of manufactured slabs of wood. As each wood element is delivered by flatbed, a tall crane lifts it into place and holds it in position while workers attach it with metal connectors.

And, of course, no huge rolls of paper. Instead, TimberHP is producing building insulation, made from wood chips. “I love the product,” Matt O’Malia, one of the co-founders of TimberHP ...

As specialists in combining polymers with emerging biomaterials, they saw the surplus of unneeded wood waste looking like a fresh pile of buildable material. [Photo: Courtesy University of Maine ...

Researchers at the University of British Columbia leveraged an unusual discovery into ultra-black material made from wood. The deep, dark black is not the result of any sort of dye or surface ...

Wood can be split into 3 main categories. Hardwoods, softwoods and manufactured boards. Hardwoods: These are generally a very hard and tough wood. They also give the best finish. However ...

A seed casing made of treated wood is stronger and more versatile than natural self-burying seeds, and could make it more effective to sow seeds from drones and planes. Many species of plants ...

Renol has the same colour and smell as wood but the versatility of plastic ... open image in gallery Cylinders of the bio-based material Renol, made from lignin, which can be used to create ...