Bharat Baruah never expected his woodworking hobby to collide with his day job in the chemistry lab. But one question kept nagging him: What if the future of windows wasn’t glass—or plastic—but wood?

Scientists have introduced us to a variety of revolutionary technologies in developing windows — windows made from rubbery polymer, solar panel transparent windows, and smart windows of all sorts — we ...

Windows and smartphone screens may one day be constructed from transparent wood laced with egg whites and safely composted at the end of their life. Researchers are interested in using wood to make ...

Wood trim and some plastic sheeting are all you need to assemble your own DIY interior storm windows. Tired of your single-pane and leaky windows, but can’t afford to replace them? Here’s an easy way ...

When choosing new windows, you have to consider appearance, durability, maintenance, and energy efficiency. These are the ...

Researchers at Stockholm’s KTH Royal Institute of Technology have made a breakthrough in developing transparent wood. While transparent wood has been used before, such as in computer microchips, this ...

A few months ago, we looked at the work of material scientists who had managed to make a block of linden wood see-through. Altering the molecular makeup to turn timber transparent is an impressive bit ...

When choosing new windows, you have to consider appearance, durability, maintenance, and energy efficiency. These are the pros and cons of vinyl, aluminum, and wood windows.