Baruah, a woodworking hobbyist, recently wondered if his pastime’s principal material could serve as a viable glass replacement. Of course, there’s likely a glaring issue when you try envisioning a ...

Transparent wood, made by stripping organic polymers and replacing them with a mixture of egg whites and rice extract, could be used as windows and smartphone screens ...

Can you imagine a smartphone with a wooden touchscreen? Or a house with wooden windows? Probably not—unless you've heard of transparent ... soaking them in an egg white and rice extract mixture ...

The material was then soaked in an egg white and rice mixture, and finally, cured with diethylenetriamine, a colorless liquid. That’s how you make a semi-transparent piece of wood – and ...