The most commonly used method for the taxonomic identification of tree trunks is wood anatomy. The number of experts in this area is decreasing, and education to become an wood anatomists takes many ...

Automated wood species identification systems combine imaging technologies, chemical analytics and machine-learning algorithms to determine the botanical origin of timber rapidly and reproducibly.

When you walk through a furniture store, the wood around you seems ordinary. Floorboards gleam under bright lights. Tables and cabinets are labeled with familiar names of wood, such as oak, rosewood ...

STARKVILLE, Miss.—An international wood society is recognizing Mississippi State researchers with a prestigious award for groundbreaking work harnessing artificial intelligence to identify wood ...

Detailed information about the expansive contents of ESF's wood collection – 40,000 samples that represent 100 years of gathering wood from around the globe – will soon be made available to scientists ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Oregon State University’s College of Forestry is the new home of a forensics lab that fights the illegal timber trade, a $1 billion annual problem for the U.S. forest products ...