Two artifacts found at a lake shore in Greece are the oldest wooden tools to be uncovered so far and date back 430,000 years. One is a spindly stick about 2 1/2 feet (80 centimeters) long that could ...

Sunscreens enhanced with lignin, a component of wood, can have sun protection factors (SPFs) that exceed 180. They also seem to last longer and penetrate less into the skin than existing products, ...

Set against a projected global supply glut and lower benchmark crude prices, high breakeven costs pose a further challenge for future investment in Venezuela's oil production sector following the US ...

In the scientific farm search for critical materials, castor beans will be a major U.S. crop in 1943, with 750,000 acres planted. The U.S. Department of Agriculture should have 4,000,000 Ib. of seed ...

Global oil demand is set to peak in 2032, two years later than previously expected, due to solid petrochemical demand and sluggish U.S. and European electric vehicle sales, Wood Mackenzie said in its ...

Oct 29 (Reuters) - Global oil demand will not peak until 2032, two years later than earlier thought, consultancy Wood Mackenzie said in a report on Wednesday that blames continued momentum in the use ...

Injecting bio-oil made from corn stalks and forest debris into the deep shafts of abandoned crude oil wells could be a viable form of carbon sequestration, a new Iowa State University study found.

A cross-section of a Populus trichocarpa stem imaged under UV light to reveal the vascular tissues involved in wood formation. The glowing cell walls contain lignin, which provides structural strength ...