Why scientists are making transparent wood / The results are amazing, that a piece of wood can be as strong as glass
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Why scientists are making transparent wood / The results are amazing, that a piece of wood can be as strong as glass::The material is being exploited for smartphone screens, insulated windows, and more.
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Not seeing how windows would be a good use. We already have safety glass and materials to make glass is more plentiful. Display screens make sense if the material ends up as hard as glass but won’t shatter. That would be fantastic.
It might be a better insulator than glass
It might be a better insulator? Tipple pane glass is fine until the seal breaks and gas leaks out.
After 50 years the frame is likely done for anyway so it doesn't really make much sense to make triple-panes more durable.
Hadn’t thought of that angle.
We're running out of sand.
No we aren’t. Silica is one of the most plentiful materials on earth.
Yes, we ARE running out! So much so that people are getting violent https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20191108-why-the-world-is-running-out-of-sand