STARKVILLE, Miss.—An international wood society is recognizing Mississippi State researchers with a prestigious award for groundbreaking work harnessing artificial intelligence to identify wood ...

Wood species identification using image analysis techniques represents a burgeoning field that integrates advanced imaging technologies with machine learning algorithms to address critical challenges ...

Detailed information about the expansive contents of ESF's wood collection – 40,000 samples that represent 100 years of gathering wood from around the globe – will soon be made available to scientists ...

Sustainable Bioproducts Assistant Professor Frank Owens examines a red oak specimen from the David A. Kribs wood collection, one of the nation’s largest recently acquired by the MSU College of Forest ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Oregon State University’s College of Forestry is the new home of a forensics lab that fights the illegal timber trade, a $1 billion annual problem for the U.S. forest products ...

The burning of a Yule log is a long-standing tradition which provides heat in cold winters and holiday symbolism for many ...

Colubrina arborescens, or wild coffee, is an evergreen in Puerto Rico, the Florida Keys, Hawaii and the West Indies. Stanley Yankowski Cornus controversa, or giant dogwood, is native to China, the ...

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The XyloTron brings wood identification capability to the field. The novel device will help researchers, customs officials, and other enforcement authorities quickly and accurately identify timber ...

March 21st has been designated as International Day of Forests by the United Nations General Assembly. World Wood Day is celebrated on the same day to raise the awareness for how wood plays a key role ...