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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



New study on the increase of amide nitrogen in lignins and wood fibres as a sustainable peat alternative in horticulture.


Complex interplay between anatomical structure, chemical composition and colour variation investigated in a new study


New Publication

The Variation of quantitative anatomical features due to carbonization and their impact on size classes for charcoal identification


The second general meeting and conference of the COST Action EU-PoTaRCh was held at the Poznań University of Life Sciences (PULS) from March 19 to 21, 2025

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Thünen Institute of Wood Research presents research results on wood fibres as a peat substitute


A study across three European countries

Collage of German, Norwegian and Swedish flags and a decay damage on a wooden sleeper

New publication in "Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology"

Damage wood.

In February 2025, the Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment Journal published a paper on the use of CITES-protected species and the preservation of traditions in musical instrument making.

A World cart illustration

Preventing wooden playground structures from fungal decay

Wooden climbing frame in a playground

Follow-up project starts to develop wood species recognition systems with machine learning


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