Our samples represented the following 12 groups: dead wood samples from DC 1–5 (groups 1–5); soil samples acquired around dead wood samples of DC 1–5 (groups 6–10); background soil samples ...

A study of fossilised plant samples has shown that woody plants probably first appeared about 10 million years earlier than previously thought. The 400-million-year-old samples revealed rings of ...

A team of Swedish scientists has developed a transparent wood material that allows natural light to flow through and could be used for solar cell windows.

Germany’s Center of Competence on the Origin of Timber tracks down which EU wood imports come from illegal sources in the world’s third-biggest criminal sector.

A piece of Sir Isaac Newton's apple tree will "defy" gravity, the theory it inspired, when it is carried into space on the next Nasa shuttle mission. The wood sample is from the original tree from ...

Researchers said the identification of wood in the 400-million-year-old samples was "unexpected" A study of fossilised plant samples has shown that woody plants probably first appeared about 10 ...