In an agrivoltaic study, UCLA engineers put a semi-transparent solar roof on a greenhouse, and some unexpected things happened with both the roof and the plants. The researchers at UCLA Samueli ...

Joined by Ridham Raval, an undergraduate student at the university, Baruah transformed pieces of balsa wood into natural, semi-transparent woods by pulling out the lignin and hemicellulose using a ...

“Unlike conventional semi-transparent PV modules that compromise between energy generation and daylighting, our design converts only direct light into electricity, while transmitting the soft ...

Transparent is not usually one of them, but researchers have now developed a method to make semi-transparent wood a reality, and it could have interesting applications in the future. There is ...

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 The duo’s results were a selection of semi-transparent wood slices that maintained their durability while also remaining flexible. Bringing things ...

Joined by Ridham Raval, an undergraduate student at the university, Baruah transformed pieces of balsa wood into natural, semi-transparent woods by pulling out the lignin and hemicellulose using a ...