As he continued his education in trees, and started thinking about where different species grow, he had another idea: Making a map of the United States, using wood from the official state trees of ...

The world's first wood-panelled satellite has been launched into space to test the suitability of timber as a renewable building material in future exploration of destinations like the Moon and Mars.

KYOTO, Nov 5 (Reuters) - The world's first wooden satellite, built by Japanese researchers, was launched into space on Tuesday, in an early test of using timber in lunar and Mars exploration.

In contrast, wood offers a biodegradable solution, burning completely during re-entry without leaving harmful residues. After extensive research, magnolia wood was selected for LignoSat due to its ...

It is part of what's popularly known as the Wood Wide Web. This is an underground ... The initiative to map and preserve the Earth's underground fungal networks is led by the Society for the ...