- Transparent wood is coming, and it could make an energy-efficient alternative to glass https://theconversation.com/transparent-wood-is-coming-and-it-could-make-an-energy-efficient-alternative-to-glass-154981 39 comments science
- What makes glass transparent? http://science.howstuffworks.com/question404.htm 4 comments science
- Making Windows 10 Taskbar Glass Transparent https://youtu.be/pVPLt3ZgZXk 9 comments windows
- How to make a transparent glass menu bar with CSS3 http://creative-punch.net/2014/02/make-transparent-glass-menu-bar-css3/ 20 comments web_design
- Not quite transparent aluminum, but it's close: Navy researchers make bulletproof glass out of clay http://www.engadget.com/2015/04/24/navy-researchers-make-bulletproof-glass-out-of-clay 21 comments technology
- Differences in the degree of translucency over the Glass frog acts to disguise the frog’s outline and highlight the potential of “edge diffusion” as a form of camouflage, making glass frog camouflage distinct from both transparency and active color change. https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2020/05/22/1919417117?utm_source=hootsuite&utm_medium=twitter&utm_term=&utm_content=68166ccf-c2e7-42df-b6ed-aa736add011d&utm_campaign=general 3 comments science
- Why scientists are making transparent wood / The results are amazing, that a piece of wood can be as strong as glass https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/12/why-scientists-are-making-transparent-wood/ 227 comments technology
- Why scientists are making transparent wood - : In tests measuring how easily materials fracture or break under pressure, transparent wood came out around three times stronger than transparent plastics like Plexiglass and about 10 times tougher than glass. https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/12/why-scientists-are-making-transparent-wood/ 33 comments futurology
- A new study on Northern glass frogs reveals that the amphibians can put about 89 percent of their red blood cells in their liver to make themselves transparent. https://www.inverse.com/science/glass-frogs-invisible-secret-science 5 comments science
- A fully transparent solar cell that could make every window and screen a power source. Researchers at Michigan State University have created a fully transparent solar concentrator, which could turn any window or sheet of glass (like your smartphone’s screen) into a photovoltaic solar cell. http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/188667-a-fully-transparent-solar-cell-that-could-make-every-window-and-screen-a-power-source 8 comments science
- New coating creates ‘superglass’ "A new transparent, bioinspired coating makes ordinary glass tough, self-cleaning, and incredibly slippery, a team from Harvard University reported online July 31 in Nature Communications." http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2013/08/new-coating-turns-ordinary-glass-into-superglass/ 6 comments science