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 ...

Researchers undertaking an evolutionary survey of the microscopic structure of wood from some of the world's most iconic trees and shrubs have discovered an entirely new type of wood.

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 accurate ...

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 ...

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 ...