Researchers have developed a quick and easy way to turn the wood-based bioproduct lignin into nanoparticles that can create a transparent ... and suited to creating textures, making them perfect ...

then assembled the resulting pieces to produce a table top of so-called “transparent wood.” Replicating the precise texture of the wood was of paramount importance here. As Nendo tells it ...

Or a house with wooden windows? Probably not — unless you’ve heard of transparent wood. Made by modifying wood’s natural structure, this material has been proposed as a sturdy, eco-friendly plastic ...