Researchers found a bizarre way to make wood as transparent as glass
Researchers have found a way to make transparent wood that doesn't rely on plastics, and it could be scaled up to work in ...
Making sturdy, semi-transparent wood with cheap, natural materials
Can you imagine a smartphone with a wooden touchscreen? Or a house with wooden windows? Probably not—unless you've heard of ...
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Wood made transparent using rice and egg whites could replace windows
Transparent wood, made by stripping organic polymers and replacing them with a mixture of egg whites and rice extract, could ...
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Transparent Wood? Scientists Invent Biodegradable Material That Could Replace Plastics
Scientist have invented a new type of transparent wood that could one day replace harmful plastics in several applications.
Custom furniture to reclaimed materials, North Jersey business gives old wood new life
This Irvington-based salvage company and mill shop takes materials from otherwise unwanted structures and repurposes them.
Eggs, sticky rice, and transparent wood create new kind of window
Baruah, a woodworking hobbyist, recently wondered if his pastime’s principal material could serve as a viable glass ...
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Ultra-Black Material, Sustainably Made From Wood
Researchers at the University of British Columbia leveraged an unusual discovery into ultra-black material made from wood. The deep, dark black is not the result of any sort of dye or surface ...
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Self-densified super-strong wood: a sustainable alternative to traditional structural materials
A study published in the Journal of Bioresources and Bioproducts details a self-densification strategy that transforms ...
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Making sturdy, semi-transparent wood with cheap, natural materials
Probably not -- unless you've heard of transparent wood. Made by modifying wood's natural structure, this material has been proposed as a sturdy, eco-friendly alternative for plastic. Researchers ...