Half a million lives could be saved yearly by replacing wood and charcoal stoves in Africa
Half a million lives could be saved each year in sub-Saharan Africa by taking action to reduce reliance on traditional ...
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Researchers harvest electricity from wood soaking in water
Water and wood may one day be all that’s needed to provide electrical power for a household. At a time ...
Despite the promotion of wood construction, wooden multi-storey buildings are still rare in Finland – Why is that?
The use of wood promotes sustainable development in construction. However, its costs are considered high and there are prejudices about ...
Wood burner users needed to take part in new ‘pollution alert’ study
People who use wood-burning stoves are needed to take part in the UK’s first study to understand how an air ...
Researchers discover method to control carcinogenic formaldehyde release from wood in the home
AMHERST, Mass. – New research, led jointly by the University of Massachusetts Amherst and the University of North Texas, advances ...
Eco-glue can replace harmful adhesives in wood construction
Researchers at Aalto University have developed a bio-based adhesive that can replace formaldehyde-containing adhesives in wood construction. The main raw ...
Living in timber cities could avoid emissions – without using farmland for wood production
Housing a growing population in homes made out of wood instead of conventional steel and concrete could avoid more than ...
Wood sharpens stone: boomerangs used to retouch lithic tools
A new study into the multipurpose uses of boomerangs has highlighted the hardwood objects were used to shape the edges ...
Carbon storage in harvested wood products
Wood is infinitely useful. Critically important for our changing climate, trees store carbon. When trees are harvested for wood products ...
Wood heating pollutes the air in mountain areas more than previously assumed
Ajdovščina/ Leipzig. Around 30 million people in Europe live in mountain valleys. A large part of this population is more ...
Oregon State research highlights importance of large wood in streams for land-based animals
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Land managers have invested millions of dollars annually since the 1980s to place large pieces of wood ...
Fuel from waste wood
Ethanol is usually produced through the fermentation of sugars from starchy raw materials such as corn, or from lignocellulosic biomass, ...
Disrupting flow of wood from rivers to oceans impacts marine environments
Ellen Wohl has always been fascinated by what happens in the deep sea. She studies interactions between rivers and water, ...
Creating solar cells and glass from wood – or a billion tons of biowaste
A digital, urbanised world consumes huge amounts of raw materials that could hardly be called environmentally friendly. One promising solution ...
Deforestation through unsustainable wood harvesting likely occurred two thousand years ago by Ancestral Puebloans in Chaco Canyon, USA
Deforestation through unsustainable wood harvesting likely occurred two thousand years ago by Ancestral Puebloans in Chaco Canyon, USACredit: Vernon Scarborough, ...
UTA project aims to extend life of concrete, cement by adding nanoscale wood fibers
A University of Texas at Arlington civil engineering assistant professor is working to make concrete and cement more sustainable by ...
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New study shows snacking on mixed tree nuts may impact cardiovascular risk factors and increase serotonin
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Ignoring Native American data perpetuates misleading white ‘deaths of despair’ narrative, study finds
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Mount Sinai researchers awarded $12 million NIH grant to create a center to unravel novel causes of food allergy and atopic dermatitis
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Hydrogen peroxide from tea and coffee residue: New pathway to sustainability
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Volcano-like rupture could have caused magnetar slowdown
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The next generation of global health innovators: Michelson Prize winners announced