Keeping Wood Preservatives Where They Belong: In the Wood
Wednesday, April 11, 2012 - 18:00
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Pressure-treated wood is great stuff, but the chemicals used to preserve it from decay can leach out, where they can be toxic to bugs, fungi and other hapless creatures. Now, a team of scientists is using nanotechnology to keep the chemicals inside the wood where they belong.