Transparent Wood is Stronger and Lighter than Glass

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Here's a crazy bit of off topic tech news for this mundane Monday morning. Apparently some researchers at the University of Maryland (lead by Liangbing Hu) were able to pull the color out of a block of wood and render it transparent. Not only were they able to make the block of wood see through, the result was also stronger and lighter than glass.

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"The researchers...

Transparent Wood is Stronger and Lighter than Glass

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