Unlocking the scientific secrets of wood
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A professor at Pennsylvania State is unlocking the scientific secrets of a wood.
A wood collection doesn’t sound very exciting. In fact, student and faculty at Pennsylvania State University ignored a rare collection of wood for more than forty years. But now one professor is dedicating his time to organizing it and unlocking its scientific secrets.
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Unlocking the scientific secrets of wood
Clip: Season 3 Episode 341 | 4m 31sVideo has Closed Captions
A wood collection doesn’t sound very exciting. In fact, student and faculty at Pennsylvania State University ignored a rare collection of wood for more than forty years. But now one professor is dedicating his time to organizing it and unlocking its scientific secrets.
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