Wood has been in use as both a structural and decorative material for thousands of years. Ironically, the properties that make it perform heroically as a structural material—high flexural strength, ...

Decades worth of work from tree geneticists are now colliding with AI and multiplex CRISPR to overcome a major barrier to the sustainable production of wood fibers while improving wood properties.

Following the presentation “New applications in the woodplastics composites sector: the French example” by the author at the Biocomposites Forum of the JEC Composites Show 2007, new developments, ...