FPL in the News - From 2010 and Prior
Publication year: 2010
08/26/2010 - The Why? Files (Science behind the news) -
Plywood: Is gluey tofuey the path to health?
When plywood came into industrial use a century ago, the criss-crossing layers of wood were glued with a soybean derivative. Then, in the 1930s (long before tofu sprouted in the American diet), strong, synthetic glues, derived from natural gas or oil, started to shoulder aside the soy stuff. ...view »
08/19/2010 - Newswise -
Tofu Ingredient Yields Formaldehyde-Free Glue for Plywood and Other Wood Products
In a real-life "back to the future" story, scientists today reported that the sustainable, environmentally-friendly process that gave birth to plywood a century ago is re-emerging as a "green" alternative to wood adhesives made from petroleum. Speaking at the 240th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, they described development of new soy-based glues that use a substance in soy milk and tofu and could mean a new generation of more eco-friendly furniture, cabinets, flooring, and other wood products. ...view »
08/07/2010 - Wisconsin State Journal -
Forest Products Laboratory in Madison is ready for another 100 years
Madison, WI - Bill Nelson now has the space to crush a 20-foot-long section of a bridge and test the strength of a two-story wall, complete with windows and doors. Down the hall, engineer C.R. Boardman can create, with a few keystrokes, Seattle-like rain or the blistering heat found in Arizona. The Forest Products Laboratory in Madison is ready for the next 100 years of research with the recent opening of the $38 million Centennial Research Facility. ...view »
07/09/2010 - DesMoinesRegister.com -
Madison County bridges will get high-tech scan
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Laser technology will be used to record four of Madison County's six remaining covered bridges for historical reference and so they can be rebuilt if any more are destroyed.Initially the 19th century timber bridges numbered around two dozen, but over the years wear and tear has caused most of them to fall apart. ...view »
06/30/2010 - WOODWORKS BLOG -
U.S. Forest Products Lab Celebrates 100 Years with Advanced Research Facility
The design community got a huge boost last week with the grand opening of the U.S. Forest Products Lab's new Centennial Research Facility in Madison, WI - which was timed to coincide with its 100-year anniversary. ...view »
06/24/2010 - USDA -
Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Awards Woody Biomass Utilization Projects
WASHINGTON, June 24, 2010 -- Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the award of more than $4.2 million in grants to 13 small businesses and community groups developing innovative renewable energy projects and new product development using woody biomass ...view »
04/28/2010 - Midwest Region Quarterly Newsletter (Spring 2010) -
Federal Laboratory Consortium
The Forest Products Laboratory (FPL) battles global climate change on many fronts. Working with the Environmental Protection Agency ...view »
Spring 2010 - Federal Laboratory Consortium -
U.S. Forest Service and College of Menominee Nation Sign Partnership Agreement ...view »
The Forest Products Laboratory gets thousands of questions each year about wood and paper products. In each issue of Newsline ...view »
04/15/2010 - Journal Sentinel Online -
Lasers uncover Town of Cedarburg bridge history
A 134-year-old covered bridge was given laser treatment Thursday. Lasers did not remove wrinkles or other blemishes from the aging pine boards and planks, though there is graffiti scratched and painted on the wood. And there has been some settling over the years - a slight tilt to the left is visible at the north entrance - that could benefit from cosmetic carpentry. Two scanning lasers were used to measure each piece of the historic bridge... view »
Publication year: 2009
12/08/2009 - Biomass Magazine -
Logos and EdeniQ awarded $20.4 million DOE grant
Logos Technologies Inc. and EdeniQ Inc. announced Dec. 4 that they have been awarded a $20.4 million grant to modify and operate a pilot-scale bio-refinery plant to produce low-cost ethanol biofuel from cellulosic feedstock, such as corn stover and switch grass. Logos will manage the project, and EdeniQ will be responsible for the modification and operation of their existing refinery site in Visalia, Calif. The project team also includes Novozymes (enzymes), Ceres (switchgrass), NextStep Biofuels (pelletized corn stover), USDA Forest Products Laboratories (yeast research and development), and the University of California-Davis (greenhouse gas emissions analysis). ... view »
08/27/2009 - USDA -
Wisconsin Bioenergy Initiative: Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Awards More Than $4.2 Million For Woody Biomass Utilization Projects
WASHINGTON, August 26, 2009 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced more than $4.2 million in grants to 17 small businesses and community groups to develop innovative uses for woody biomass from hazardous fuel reduction projects on the national forests. Uses of this woody biomass ... view »
07/31/2009 - Minnesota Public Radio -
Ash borers not a threat to MLB's bats, yet
WASHINGTON, July 31, 2009 - Minneapolis - What do Major League Baseball players have in common with forest products researchers? They're all preoccupied with, well, wood. Recently, the focus has been on tree-eating bugs and exploding baseball bats... view »
02/26/2009 - WIBA (News/Talk 1310) -
Old trees for furniture
WIBA's Jason Fischer recently interviewed Bob Falk with the U.S. Forest Products Laboratory in Madison, Wisconsin regarding a project to build furniture for the chief of the U.S. Forest Service. Some local trees will be used to make the furnishings. view »
Publication year: 2008
04/24/2008 - NBC15
Weather Proofing Houses
This is a government lab in Madison that's exploring ways to help you build a weather safe room in your house... view »
Publication year: 2007
02/14/2007 - USA Today -
FPL Fiberboard from Manure Project
What were your goals coming in as the new director of the Forest Products Lab in 2001? What did you hope to accomplish? One is we need to rebuild this place. This building dates to 1931... view »>
02/13/2007 - Madison.com -
A feature on Chris Risbrudt, Director, Forest Products Laboratory.
Home-buyers of tomorrow could find themselves walking across floors made from manure. Researchers at Michigan State University and the U.S. Department of Agriculture insist it's no cow pie in the sky dream... view »