Researchers have found a way to make transparent wood that doesn't rely on plastics, and it could be scaled up to work in ...

It looks like a tube made of glass but it’s actually aluminum. Well, aluminum with an asterisk beside it — this is not elemental aluminum but rather a material made using it. We got onto the ...

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Scientist have invented a new type of transparent wood that could one day replace harmful plastics in several applications.

Now, a team of researchers from Central South University of Forestry and Technology (CSUFT) in China has pushed the limits of ...

A team of researchers searching for safe, sustainable, and biodegradable alternatives to plastics presented a new type of transparent material at the American Chemical Society (ACS) spring meeting, ...

Baruah, a woodworking hobbyist, recently wondered if his pastime’s principal material could serve as a viable glass ...

There’s a famous scene in one of the Star Trek movies where Scotty, who has traveled to the past, teaches a metal company to create the transparent aluminum he needs to bring some whales back to ...