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Outcome of a comparative study with wood from Ghana

Every four years, when the Federal President of the Federal Republic of Germany and the DBU invite people to the "Woche der Umwelt", an independent jury selects the exhibitors - and Wood Anatomy was there!

Responsable fungi and ways of prevention

Interview on the topic of alternatives to sulfuryl difluoride with Prof. Dr. Andreas Krause on the program “Klimazeit” on Tagesschau24

In Dresden, the results of a comparison of heat treatments were presented that could be an alternative to the fumigation of export logs with sulfuryl fluoride (SF).

The publication describes how the annotated data set was generated and the first machine learning systems were trained.

Critical assessment of suitability for durability classification

A structural analysis of xylem and phloem

Paper: packaging material with a great future - online seminar on May 14 with Thünen participation

Students visited research facility

Above-ground durability testing with the Bundle method

The ZDF documentary sheds light on global supply chains and explores ways to make trade routes transparent and secure. Contributions from the Thünen Institutes for Wood Research and Forest Genetics (Thünen Competence Centre of Competence on the Origin of Timber) regarding the identification of wood…

The action day is a great opportunity for young people to get to know different professional fields at the research institution and gain an initial insight into the world of work.

Assessment and classification on the basis of different decay tests

Investigation of the isolated influence of particle size on the mechanical properties of single-layer particleboards with homogenous density profile and adjusted surface-specific adhesive amount

Decay resistance and moisture dynamics of sengon, jabon, acacia and kiri

The first main meeting for the currently launched COST Action CA22155 PoTaRCh (charcoal, resin, tar, potash) took place in Prague from 5-7 March 2024.

Fungal and bacterial communities are obviously influenced by different environmental factors - New joint publication from the Thünen Institutes of Wood Research and Biodiversity.

The 9th edition of the GD-Holz flooring seminar was held on 22 February in successful cooperation with the Thünen Institute of Wood Research.