By bleaching away the pigments in plant cells, Siegfried Fink managed to create transparent wood, and he published his technique in a niche wood technology journal. The 1992 paper remained the ...

Transparent wood could soon be used in "super-strong screens ... get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox. Sign up "I truly believe this material has a promising future," said ...

By bleaching away the pigments in plant cells, Siegfried Fink managed to create transparent wood, and he published his technique in a niche wood technology journal. The 1992 paper remained the ...

Or a house with wooden windows? 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 ...

Well, scientists have already proven it can be done. And now they’ve developed a new kind of transparent wood that acts like glass but with surprising advantages. Not only is it strong and ...

Windows and smartphone screens may one day be constructed from transparent wood laced with egg whites and safely composted at the end of their life. Now Bharat Baruah at Kennesaw State University ...

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.

We’ve talked about transparent wood before. However, the process can be difficult to get just right. [NileRed] recently posted a video with very detailed instructions on how he’s doing it.

Instead of attempting to improve glass itself, researchers are testing how to replace it entirely with alternative transparent materials—including chemically modified wood. “In the modern day ...

What if wood became a high-tech material? Researchers have developed a semi-transparent version, combining strength and biodegradability. This innovation could well compete with glass and plastic.