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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 ...
Nov. 2, 2020 —A new study has found that shifting to wood as a building construction material would significantly reduce the environmental impact of building construction. If 80% of new residential buildings in ...
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 ...
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, ...