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This means that, pound by pound, it will be much more expensive than steel at this point, more than 10 times in fact: $12.50 to $25 per pound for Superwood as opposed to steel’s $1 to $2 per pound.

A new kind of wood, stronger than steel and created from ordinary timber, is approaching full-scale production. The material, named "Super Wood," by creators InventWood, could provide an ...

This Startup Invented Wood That’s Stronger Than Steel. Here’s How InventWood aims to launch its strong and environmentally friendly product this summer. It’s called Superwood.

The material has 50% more tensile strength than steel with a strength-to-weight ratio that’s ten-times better.

In 2018, Liangbing Hu, a materials scientist at the University of Maryland, devised a way to turn ordinary wood into a material stronger than steel. The round was led by the Grantham Foundation ...

The researchers claim that such an eco-friendly material can be an alternative to steel and concrete in construction of buildings, furniture, bridges, and flooring. To thoroughly analyze the structure ...

Wood strengthened with iron oxide nanoparticles could replace steel and concrete. FAU scientists boosted stiffness and hardness, creating a renewable, sustainable building material.