Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Transparent wood could offer an environmentally sustainable alternative to glass or plastic, researchers claim (Anish M. Chathoth) ...

Windows could be made from transparent, renewable 'wood', according to Swedish researchers. A team from the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm have created what they describe as ...

Transparent wood promises to be an environmentally friendly substitute for glass or plastic used for making car windshields, see-through packaging and biomedical devices, according to a study.

There’s a reason humans have been building homes from wood for 10,000 years. It’s an excellent building material—durable, renewable, good at insulating. But since it’s opaque, we’re still in the habit ...