Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Transparent wood could offer an environmentally sustainable alternative to glass or plastic, researchers claim (Anish M. Chathoth) ...

Making wood transparent is essentially a really simple process. The first step involves immersing blocks of wood in a boiling bath filled with water, sodium hydroxide and other chemicals for about two ...

Researchers have unveiled a radical new way to use wood - byt making it transparent. They say the breakthrough could lead to new materials for windows, and is even strong enough to use in cars. The ...

Can't see the wood for the trees? Scientists are increasingly modifying wood to make it transparent, offering a range of environmental benefits for the planet. These advancements "open the door" to ...

Glass windows may soon be a thing of the past. Researchers from KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm have developed a transparent wood material that could change the way we construct ...

STOCKHOLM - A transparent wood material claimed to be suitable for mass production could replace windows and solar panels in the future, say researchers at Stockholm's KTH Royal Institute of ...

Scientists at the University of Maryland have developed a transparent wood that “is a promising candidate for applications in energy-efficient buildings” – and the method they used is surprisingly ...

Wood already has plenty to offer conventional construction methods as an inexpensive and bountiful resource, but it may soon have a new trick up its sleeve. Scientists have come up with a way to turn ...