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Standard glass windows like these could one day be replaced by wood Transparent wood just got even better, moving us a step closer to windows that are far better insulators than traditional glass ...

Transparent wood, made by stripping organic polymers and replacing them with a mixture of egg whites and rice extract, could be used as windows and smartphone screens. advertisement.

That’s right; your windows and solar panels might soon be made of wood, or –depending on the way you look at it– the wooden walls of buildings may turn into windows and transparent solar panels.