The cellulose nanofibrils that are found in wood and other natural materials are similar to carbon nanotubes in many ways and could be used to strengthen composites for manufacturing. Although the ...

Try to: Inspect firewood regularly for insect activity, nests, or eggs. Store firewood away from trees, shrubs, and other ...

For as long as scientists have studied trees, we have categorised them into two types based on the sort of wood they make. Softwoods include pines and firs and generally grow faster than hardwoods, ...

As the tree has grown, the researchers have conducted a study of its wood, resin and leaves. They report that its type is now extinct. They also found evidence of pentacyclic triterpenoids ...

because trees absorb carbon dioxide from the air and help prevent global heating. Wood naturally decomposes, contributing to the nutrient cycle and helping more life to thrive. But why do humans ...

Scientists have mapped the underground network of fungi that provide trees with nutrients. Research has shown that beneath every forest and wood there is a complex underground web of roots ...

because trees absorb carbon dioxide from the air and help prevent global heating. Wood naturally decomposes, contributing to the nutrient cycle and helping more life to thrive. But why do humans ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Wood for the Trees A short adventure game, made for Ludum Dare 35 Can you even rank the output of such a legendary filmmaker? We gave it a shot From ...

Every tree tells a story, but some are beyond eloquent, holding memories, embodying belief, marking sorrow. We hold trees in our imagination, where they grow in strange, wonderful ways in forests ...

As an adult, the insect can only travel about 10 miles. There’s a quarantine on moving ash, olive and white fringe tree firewood in the counties where the beetle has been reported: Washington ...

Even wood, the hardiest part of a tree, will succumb within a few decades to these decomposers. What if that decay could be delayed? Under the right conditions, tons of wood could be buried ...