Turning tellurite glass into a 'transparent' light-energy harvester by etching semiconducting patterns using femtosecond laser light. Credit: EPFL / Lisa Ackermann ...

Having lots of glass surfaces can brighten up a room, but it also lets in too much heat as well as neighbors’ prying eyes. A new metamaterial is not only more transparent to light, but adds ...

the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany has developed a new material that is opaque like frosted glass but allows in more light than glass and even has the effect of cooling a room.

Important Transparent Materials There are many natural and synthetic materials that are transparent, but the ones listed below have some of the most beneficial applications in materials science: Glass ...

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Glass might soon have some competition from an unlikely rival – bamboo. Scientists in China have turned regular old bamboo into a transparent material that’s also resistant to fire and water ...

Explore the evolution of glass in architecture, from facades to interior applications, redefining design possibilities in 2024.

Researchers from KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm have developed a transparent wood material that could change the way we construct buildings and solar panels.

The new technology may one day be useful for harvesting energy, while remaining transparent to light and using a single material.