Leonardo da Vinci suggested simple wood treatments that still influence durable and sustainable building today.

Yakisugi is a Japanese architectural technique for charring the surface of wood. It has become quite popular in ...

Osmose Utilities Services, Inc has developed a preservative system, called MP400-EXT, for in-service wood poles that promises to set new standards of performance. The product is a new and unique ...

IN addition to some useful notes on timber-treating plants in the British Isles, and on the preservation of timber investigations being carried out at research institutes and forest products ...

It’s also a tasty snack, at least for fungi and insects such as termites. On a molecular level, wood is about three-quarters polymerized sugars that are indigestible to humans and most other animals.

(Beyond Pesticides, September 8, 2020) Canada should be in accordance with international treaty to eliminate persistent pollutants. Canada is considering the elimination of one of the worst persistent ...