Wood
Environment
Research
The tech turning farm waste into furniture
As demand for wood products rises, native forests and plantations are under pressure. Agricultural waste products are emerging as a promising alternative
Sciences & Technology
All the forests in the world from a single layer of cells
Researchers have discovered the workings of wood-making cells inside trees, settling a century-old debate about how plants make bark and wood
Sciences & Technology
Finding the building blocks of wood
Scientists are looking inside plant cells to learn how wood is formed and how that process can help develop materials for the future