Looking to transform your outdoor space this year? These four wood stain colors of the year promise style and durability.

Staining your wood surfaces can completely change their look, and Behr's 2025 Exterior Stain Color of the Year is a classic pick for plenty of spaces.

U.S. semi-transparent ETF model providers Precidian and Blue Tractor are positioning for business in Europe after both the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) and Luxembourg regulator (CSSF) relaxed ...

The transparent wood is created when wood from the fast-growing, low-density balsa tree is treated to a room-temperature, oxidizing bath that bleaches it of nearly all visibility.

What if wood became a high-tech material? Researchers have developed a semi-transparent version, combining strength and biodegradability. This innovation could well compete with glass and plastic.

“Unlike conventional semi-transparent PV modules that compromise between energy generation and daylighting, our design converts only direct light into electricity, while transmitting the soft ...

Unlike previous transparent “wood” designs that sacrifice some biodegradability for strength by including certain types of plastics, the team said its eco-friendly see-through material is made with ...

Well, scientists have already proven it can be done. And now they’ve developed a new kind of transparent wood that acts like glass but with surprising advantages. Not only is it strong and ...

but researchers have now developed a method to make semi-transparent wood a reality, and it could have interesting applications in the future. There is already a component of wood that is ...

The result is a flexible, durable, semi-transparent wood with a subtle brownish tint. Baruah notes, "It's not 100 percent transparent, but it is semi-transparent. And it's biodegradable." ...

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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 ...