Wooden buildings could be good for the climate
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We now have the clearest picture yet of what the inside of wood looks like on the nanoscale. This improved understanding could help efforts to use it as an alternative to steel and concrete in the construction of tall buildings, which would reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Paul Dupree at the University of Cambridge and his colleagues used low temperature scanning electron microscopy – a high-resolution imaging tool that scans surfaces using a beam of electrons – to get a closer look at living …
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