Researchers found a bizarre way to make wood as transparent as glass

Wood that you can see through? It sounds like something that shouldn’t exist, doesn’t it? 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 flexible, but this new material is also energy-efficient and nearly 100 percent natural.

That’s right. A team led by chemist and woodworking enthusiast Dr. Bharat Baruah at Kennesaw State University in Georgia has...