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Engineered wood stays 12 degrees cooler, saves AC costs by up to 60 percent

COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The research team behind "super wood" is at it again - this time engineering a wood that's capable of staying 12 degrees cooler than regular wood.

Researchers at the University of Maryland and the University of Colorado hoped to find a passive way for buildings to dump heat sustainably. The solution is wood - it is already used as a building material, and is renewable and sustainable.

By Robert Dalheim

New research brings transparent wood closer to real-world application

New developments have been made in the study of transparent wood, which was developed when researchers discovered that the molecule that makes wood rigid and dark in color could be removed and replaced with epoxy.

By Angel Kipfer

Wood-based technology creates electricity from body heat

A University of Maryland-led team of researchers has created a heat-to-electricity device that could someday harness the body’s heat to provide energy.

By University of Maryland

New 'super wood' is 10 times stronger, could replace steel say scientists

University of Maryland (UMD) scientists have named it "super wood" and rightfully so, as they say it is over 10 times stronger and tougher than regular wood.

By Robert Dalheim

Pine & poplar wood are best at purifying water with sunlight

A team of researchers at the University of Maryland has found that porous types of wood from trees like poplar and pine can greatly increase the efficiency of water-to-steam conversion under sunlight.

By Robert Dalheim