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 ...
New Scientist on MSN7d
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 ...
Dezeen on MSN4d
Iris tables by Gandia Blasco
Dezeen Showroom: artistic colour studies are printed on tempered glass in Gandia Blasco's Iris tables, creating a ...
Science Daily7d
Making sturdy, semi-transparent wood with cheap, natural materials
Joined by Ridham Raval, an undergraduate student at the university, Baruah transformed pieces of balsa wood into natural, semi-transparent woods by pulling out the lignin and hemicellulose using a ...
pv magazine USA8d
Cadmium telluride vs. crystalline silicon in agrivoltaics
Researchers in Canada compared strawberry growth under uniform illumination from semi-transparent thin-film cadmium telluride ...
Interesting Engineering on MSN9d
Transparent solar tech sets new efficiency record with 12.3% power conversion rate
An international team of scientists has developed a semi-transparent solar cell with 12.3% efficiency and 30% transparency.
pv magazine International11d
Transparent tandem solar cell hits record 12.3% efficiency
A global research team has developed a tandem solar cell with 30% transparency by combining perovskite and organic layers, ...
EurekAlert!7d
Making sturdy, semi-transparent wood with cheap, natural materials
This slice of semi-transparent wood is made with natural materials and could be used in applications from wearable sensors to energy-efficient windows. SAN DIEGO, March 26, 2025 — Can you ...