TimberSIL, a glass-infused wood used in New Orleans homes built by actor Brad Pitt's Make It Right Foundation, is being replaced with yellow pine due to wood decay.
Swiss wood products scientists use a fungus to transform Norway spruce and maplewood into wood good enough to replicate a Stradivarius violin, in research based on hot to stop fungi from rotting wood.
There is a serious problem with using aluminum clad wood window replacements in historic applications. Once water breaches window seals, it will be containedin a built-in sarcophagus, accelerating wood rot.