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New publication on impact factors on lab measurements

Sketch of test specimens

Approaches to AI-based differentiation of softwoods in fiber products such as paper.

Conference participants in front of a building

New Thünen Report on a testing method for volatile terpenes from pine wood published


The scent of wood

People perceive the smell of wood as more pleasant when they see a suitable image of the material. This has been demonstrated by joint studies conducted by the Thünen Institute of Wood Research and the Leibniz Institute for Work Research.

A person smells a piece of wood.

Interview with Dr. Gerald Koch on the importance of CITES-protected woods for the construction of high-quality musical instruments


The development of a climate chamber for examining swelling and shrinking of wood using nanotomography

 


Follow your nose?

Three publications on the olfactory evaluation of wood products have been published.

Illustration of the publications

New review article on methods, efficacy of protective measures, and quality losses

 

A stack of spruce logs


The Annual Meeting of the International Research Group on Wood Protection took place in Japan with 5 presentations from Hamburg

Three scientists from the Thuenen Institute in Japan hold a flag with the Thuenen logo.

Wood that makes Music to Life - For thousands of years, wood has been inseparably linked to the world of music. No other material is used as frequently and in such variety in instrument making.


New study published on screening extraction parameters at supercritical extraction of crude tall oil

2 Glases with different Crude tall oil

Isolated influence of particle size and surface-specific adhesive amount investigated on single-layer laboratory particleboards with a homogeneous density profile


The International Symposium for Wood Fiber and Pulping Chemistry (ISWFPC) took place this year in Raleigh, USA. In 2025 two presentations about wood chemistry came from Hamburg.


New publication: Lab tests showed significantly enhanced durability of beech and Scots pine sapwood


Project meeting at the Thünen Institute of Wood Research


Thünen Institutes of Sea Fisheries and Wood Research are collaborating and establish a new site for testing the durability of wood against marine borers


New project started - Multi-elemental analytics as a tool for georeferencing of wood origins (GeoRef4Wood), Project launch at the beginning of 2025


Differences between wood species and stem zones


New colleague

Dr. Jan Benthien


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