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The reference material for the automation of wood species recognition is increasing.

The research area "Biobased Resources and Materials" has received support for the CycloCarb II project, which deals with the development of biobased adhesives.

Stephanie Wrage has been working as a research assistant at the Thünen Institute since January 2023 and is involved in the KI_Wood-ID project with the determination of wood types using artificial intelligence.

Wood, humus or high-tech for long-term carbon storage.

45 minutes of the future. This is the Thünen Institute's podcast on the transformation of land and sea use.

In cooperation with the Fraunhofer Development Center X-ray Technology EZRT and the Faculty of Applied Computer Science at the Technical University of Deggendorf, volumetric sub-µCT and nano-CT data have now been applied for the first time at the Thünen Institute for Wood Research for wood…

Savings potential calculated by means of 3D particle measurement and microscopic analysis of adhesive distribution over the particle size distribution

Starting October 2022, research area 4 – Human Health and Consumer Protection – has a new staff member to support the project KLIMAtiv, which tackles the topic of phyto-sanitary treatment of logs for export.

Project start with new employees in September 2022

Investigative crime biologists from Germany and Austria visit the Thünen Institute for Wood Research in Hamburg

New publication on anatomical and topochemical features of the genera Acacia, Acaciella, Senegalia and Vachellia

New publication on technology, potential in application and performance data with regard to measuring head selection

Staff of AB 2 presented their results together with colleagues from the Institute of Wood Sciences at the University of Hamburg

The AI-Wood_ID project has obtained efficient support

In the context of the Milan Fashion-Week 2022 the designer studio Formafantasma curated an international symposium "PRADA Frames – On Forest" (June 6 to 8) to inform and discuss with designers, architects, artists, and scientists about the functionality and aesthetics of forest ecosystems as well as…

The Thünen Institute of Wood Research has founded microscopic images for sale to benefit the “Senckenberg Förderverein”.

Standards cannot replace a textbook as they are intended to specify regulations as precisely as possible. This also applies to the complex national standard on wood preservation DIN 68800. For this reason, background and contexts are explained in detail in the newly published revised and illustrated…

Plans for redesign and modernization take shape

The Thünen Centre of Competence on the Origin of Timber in Hamburg has been investigating for years whether wood and wood products are being declared correctly. A new report in the magazine "National Geographic" presents the work of the ‘timber detectives‘ on the front lines of illegal wood trade

Studies on climate-growth responses of different tree species

Sebastian Hagel works in the project "AgroForce" on the development of an environmentally friendly straw-based high yield pulping process for reinforcing fibers, which can be used to improve the strength properties of recycled paper-based packaging materials.