The storms aren't letting up - in fact, they're getting worse - and the homes that Americans shelter from these storms in, ...

So in a house fully built of transparent wood, you would have a very nice natural lighting in all the rooms with maintained privacy." Scientists involved in the research, funded by the Wallenberg ...

Glass windows can transmit light, helping to brighten and heat homes, but they don't store energy for use when the sun goes down. To create the optically transparent wood, the researchers first ...

A few months ago, we looked at the work of material scientists who had managed to make a block of linden wood see-through. Altering the molecular makeup to turn timber transparent is an impressive ...

“The transparent wood is lighter and stronger than glass. It could be used for load-bearing windows and roofs,” says Hu. “It can be potentially used to make a see-through house.” Receive a ...

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 ...

PROVIDENCE − The historic and regal Nightingale-Brown House on Benefit Street has drawn lots of attention since it was built more than 200 years ago. And the house's wooden frame has drawn no ...

The humble wood frame house doesn’t always get as much love as the iconic brownstone in Brooklyn, but that’s starting to change as preservation-minded owners restore them across the borough. Examples ...

And the house's wooden frame has drawn no small amount of that attention at times. But to answer a reader's question, the house is not the oldest wood-frame house in the nation. "That seems ...