When fire was invented, it changed the course of human evolution. It provided warmth, enabled cooking and facilitated the ...

The idea of trees "talking" to one another through underground fungal networks—the so-called "wood wide web"—has captured the ...

Up to now, wood waste has had to be disposed of at great expense and, at best, has been used to generate energy in incineration plants. Fraunhofer researchers are now using this valuable resource to ...

A wood building material can be used in high-rise structures, giving it the potential to replace materials that are bad for ...

A Norway-based researcher developed PhosBoards, effectively taking the formaldehyde — and other polluting substances — out of ...

There are many challenging aspects to smoking brisket, but the type of wood shouldn't be one of them. An expert sheds light ...