Forest Products Laboratory
Caring for the land and serving people
Caring for the land and serving people
United States Department of Agriculture
United States Department of Agriculture
Researcher Honored with Distinguished Science Award
Forest Service Awards $8.9M in Wood Innovation Grants
Assessing Wood from Hurricane-Downed Trees in Puerto Rico
Wood Tornado Shelter Provides Safe, Affordable Storm Protection
Mass Timber University Grant Program Initiated by U.S. Endowment and USDA Forest Service
Detecting Termites from Afar | |
 | Bridges, homes, and other wooden structures in remote areas can require the time-consuming task of professionals physically traveling to and from the structures for periodic termite infestation inspections. Convinced there had to be a better way, researchers from the Forest Products Laboratory (FPL) investigated the use of remote sensing technologies to monitor the structural components of bridges and homes and transmit the findings to the internet cloud for interpretation. Early detection of termite activity could dramatically reduce the costs...view » |
The NewsLine 2015, Volume 14, Issue 2 includes:
These New Computer Chips Are Made From Wood Smithsonian Magazine
June 3rd, 2015
UW Researchers Design Wood-Based Computer Chip Channel 3000
June 2nd, 2015
