Carried out by nanoengineers as KTH Royal Institute of Technology, the research centers on the sequence of events that play out when wood becomes wet and then dries. Called transpiration, this takes ...

There are untold energy sources all around us, if we can just figure out how to tap into them. Swiss researchers have now demonstrated an environmentally friendly way to make spongy wood flooring that ...

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An increasing number of ships are crossing the Atlantic Ocean bearing millions of tons of fuel, all bound for some of Europe’s largest coal-fired power stations. They’re not carrying coal, though, but ...

What happens if wood is put into water, and the water then evaporates like in nature? Transpiration – this process of water movement through a plant is constantly occurring in nature. The process also ...

The high cost of electricity to manufacture wood pellets has driven a Boothbay pellet manufacturer out of business. The Boothbay Register reported that Erik Carlson is a certified forester and logger ...

Even a little pressure can generate usable energy from a wooden sponge created by the team at ETH Zurich and EMPA. Scientists at ETH Zurich in Switzerland have found a way to make wood produce small ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... RUSSELL, Mass. — The push for more power from renewable fuels has renewed interest in one of the oldest energy sources: wood. Last year, wood generated more ...