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Phil Evans and Iain MacDonald from the Department of Wood Science in the
Faculty of Forestry at University of British Columbia in Vancouver,
Canada explain the development of a new suite of courses aimed at the
wood finishing industry.
Wood is not known for its conducting ability, yet researchers at the
University of Texas are using loading analysis and finite element
modelling techniques to unlock its properties. Dr Dan Wheat applies the
current thinking.
Wood’s properties are key to its potential applications, with density
variation often a limiting factor. Finto Antony, Assistant Research
Scientist from The University of Georgia, USA, outlines a comparison
study in lobolly pine explaining earlywood-latewood demarcation methods
within an annual ring.
Forest waste is being used by researchers from the Polytechnic
University of Catalonia, based in Barcelona, Spain, to manufacture
structural ceramics using sewage sludge.
Marginally-engineered building techniques used in rural residential
shelters are being investigated to initiate a mainstream engineering
code for bamboo.
The large pine weevil is the most significant insect
pest in British forestry, destroying as much as 50% of
new tree plantings. Now scientists claim to have found a solution using a cocktail of microscopic nematode worms and fungi.
David Jones and Michael Barnes of Mississippi State University, USA, explain the wood
treatment process and safe handling and disposal of treated wood.
A research report that summarises everything known about Sitka spruce
and brings together 90 years of research into a single document has been
published by the UK’s Forestry Commission.
A study at McGill University in Montreal, Canada has found that 800-year-old Sitka
spruces in coastal boreal forests are excellent at gathering moss, making them effective at mitigating nutrient depletion and carbon
sequestration.
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