If you liked this story, share it with other people. Wood anatomist José Arlete Camargos identifying cedar wood log in Acre, Brazil. Photo credit: Project NIRS ID. A team of scientists at the ...

The XyloTron brings wood identification capability to the field. The novel device will help researchers, customs officials, and other enforcement authorities quickly and accurately identify timber ...

Wood has always been one of the essential materials used in construction, and with the ongoing trend of timber-framed tall buildings, it has become more important than ever to be conscious of the ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. — Tree poachers beware. A national laboratory established three years ago to combat the illegal timber trade is relocating to Oregon State University, expanding its database of wood ...

Stakeholders in the wood and timber industry have held a training workshop to dialogue on the promotion and use of Lesser-Known timber species in Ghana and for export. The objective of the workshop ...

Hamburg, Germany — Under tungsten light on a bleak winter day, Gerald Koch gazes up from a black microscope, adjusts his rimless glasses, and gestures at a monitor displaying a slice, thinner than a ...