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 ...

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Scientists transform wood from balsa trees into a transparent state that could someday replace conventional glass. The innovation is said to be stronger and five times more thermally efficient.

Hu and colleagues have also used polyvinyl alcohol, or PVA—a polymer used in glue and food packaging—to infiltrate the wood skeletons, making transparent wood that conducts heat at a rate five times ...

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(Phys.org)—A team of researchers at the University of Maryland has taken the idea of making wood transparent one better, by making it stronger than glass and thus more useful for a variety of ...

Chemically treated wood makes it able to store heat and become transparent. American Chemical Society With Earth Day taking place this week there's a strong focus on how to build homes that leave ...

Wood already has plenty to offer conventional construction methods, but it may soon have a new trick up its sleeve. Scientists have come up with a way to turn a block of linden wood transparent ...

A team of Swedish scientists has developed a transparent wood material that allows natural light to flow through and could be used for solar cell windows.

Using their recently developed transparent wood as a window for a model home, scientists have found that not only does it let in a similar amount of light to glass, ... Sign in to post a comment.