Wood Battery: Forget solar panels: This ‘wood battery’ powers homes even in total darkness |

[ad_1] A major development in sustainable architecture has enabled researchers to convert ordinary timber into an advanced thermal reservoir. In this case, lignin is removed from wood through chemical modification and phase change materials are added, giving rise to a new product that has been termed ‘solar battery,’ which stores solar energy collected by a […]

Scientific breakthrough: What is ‘superwood’? US company creates wood 10x stronger than steel

[ad_1] A US company has developed a new type of wood, called Superwood, which it says is up to 10 times stronger than steel by weight while being up to six times lighter. The product has now been launched commercially by InventWood, a company co-founded by material scientist Liangbing Hu.Over a decade ago, Hu began […]