A team used dendrochronology and a form of radiocarbon dating called 'wiggle-matching' to pinpoint, with 95% probability, the years in which an ancient wooden structure's two main components were ...

Archaeologists have unearthed the oldest known wooden structure, and it’s almost half a million years old. The simple structure — found along a riverbank in Zambia — is made up of two interlocking ...

Wood is considered an attractive construction material for both aesthetic and environmental purposes. Construction of useful wood objects requires complicated structures and ways to connect components ...

Blacksburg, Va., April 11, 2002 -- How does Nature hold wood together? Virginia Tech researchers are studying xylan, wood's natural glue, as a guide for designing better materials. The research will ...

Keywords: NEESWOOD Project. Light-frame construction. Wood-frame structures. Residential structures. Performance-based seismic design. Full-scale tests. Shaking ...

Archaeologists have discovered an "exceptionally well-preserved" wooden cellar from the Roman period. The ancient wooden structure was unearthed during excavations in Heddernheim—a district of the ...