Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

Energy harvesting often appears as an attractive “something for (almost) nothing” proposition. Using wood for harvesting seems like an especially virtuous undertaking, as wood is available, ubiquitous ...

Parquet power: fungus-treated wood could soon be used to create energy-generating floors. (Courtesy: Pazzo4562/CC BY-SA 4.0) Infecting wood with wood-decay fungus can boost its piezoelectric output by ...

Fungi have helped scientists make a breakthrough in transforming wood into a useful source of clean electricity, which could one day lead to “energy ballrooms”. The possibility of applying pressure to ...

As the planet warms, termites will likely play an increasingly important role in wood decomposition, researchers report, which will likely have important consequences for global carbon cycling in the ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Wood is a beautiful and versatile material used in everything from framing houses to building furniture, but like every organic material, it ...