Engineers demonstrate in a new study that windows made of transparent wood could provide more even and consistent natural lighting and better energy efficiency than glass. Engineers at the A.

Optically Transparent Wood from a Nanoporous Cellulosic Template: Combining Functional and Structural Performance. Biomacromolecules , 2016; DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.6b00145 Cite This Page : ...

The same scientists are now finding some conclusive answers to this question, using their transparent wood as a window for a model home and finding that not only does it let in a similar amount of ...

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. Researchers are interested in using wood to ...

Scientists have introduced us to a variety of revolutionary technologies in developing windows — windows ... The method for creating the transparent wood starts with bleaching the wood to ...

Transparent wood could soon find uses in super-strong screens for smartphones; in soft, glowing light fixtures; and even as structural features, such as color-changing windows. “I truly believe ...

Instead of attempting to improve glass itself, researchers are testing how to replace it entirely with alternative transparent ... altered a wooden birdhouse to accommodate a small window made ...

Transparent wood could soon find uses in super-strong screens for smartphones; in soft, glowing light fixtures; and even as structural features, such as color-changing windows. “I truly believe ...

Although these were not transparent and could only be made ... To conclude, salvaged wood window frames require no manufacturing leading to zero embodied carbon and embodied energy and hence ...