A revolutionary wood-based material that outperforms steel in strength-to-weight ratio is about to transform the construction industry as we know it. InventWood, a University of Maryland spinout ...

Wood made stronger after impregnation with iron mineral Environmentally friendly process boosts strength by 160% by Neil Savage, special to C&EN June 5, 2025 3 min read ...

Knowing which material to use when designing or manufacturing a product is a very important skill to have. Different materials have a wide range of different properties. This means that choosing ...

There’s a reason humans have been building homes from wood for 10,000 years. It’s an excellent building material—durable, renewable, good at insulating. But since it’s opaque, we’re ...

The developers note that their wood-based structural material, called Superwood, was obtained by improving the wood structure at the nanoscale. This made it possible to obtain 10 times stronger and a ...

Books Received Published: 11 April 1925 The Properties and Uses of Wood Nature 115, 527–528 (1925) Cite this article ...