Tulip trees have been around for millions of years, but a new analysis of their structure has revealed a previously unknown type of wood. The finding could explain why the trees are great at ...

Achim Menges uses computer-guided techniques designed to make buildings more sustainable and affordable. Humanity has long sought to tame wood into something more predictable. Sawmills manufacture ...

Researchers undertaking an evolutionary survey of the microscopic structure of wood from some of the world's most iconic trees and shrubs have discovered an entirely new type of wood. Researchers ...

Scientists from Poland's Jagiellonian University and Cambridge University in the UK have discovered that tulip trees, a species native to North America and parts of China and Vietnam, have a unique ...

The mass wood structure and façade has been completed for UBC's Brock Commons student residence -- the world's tallest wood building at 18 storeys (53 metres, about 174 feet) -- four months ahead of ...

The oldest wooden structure on the Earth was unearthed by a team of archaeologists working near the Kalambo Falls in Zambia. According to scientists, the structure is actually made from wooden logs; ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Aerogels, sometimes called frozen smoke, are nanoscale foams: solid materials whose sponge-like structure is riddled by pores as small as nanometers across. They can be made from ...