This lets us observe wood on a nanometer scale—seeing structures that are over 6,000 times smaller than a single strand of human hair—while preserving the wood's moisture to give a more ...

image: Liriodendron tulipifera wood ultrastructure observed under a cryo-SEM reveals enlarge macrofibril structures. view more . Credit: Jan J Lyczakowski and Raymond Wightman ...

The wooden structure has no real parallel in the archaeological record, according to the study. The wooden structure was found at an archaeological site upstream of Kalambo Falls in Zambia.

Tulip trees have been around for millions of years, but a new analysis of their structure has revealed a previously unknown type of wood. The finding could explain why the trees are great at ...

This lets us observe wood on a nanometer scale — seeing structures that are over 6,000 times smaller than a single strand of human hair — while preserving the wood's moisture to give a more ...

This lets us observe wood on a nanometer scale – seeing structures that are over 6,000 times smaller than a single strand of human hair – while preserving the wood’s moisture to give a more accurate ...

For this reason, he collaborated with Cambridge University Botanic Garden on a survey of the wood structure of 33 species, which the authors think is the largest of its type ever conducted.

The evolution of wood structure. We studied various trees in the Cambridge University Botanic Garden to understand the evolution of wood structures. We collected living samples of plants that ...