Thirty years ago, a botanist in Germany had a simple wish: to see the inner workings of woody plants without dissecting them. By bleaching away the pigments in plant cells, Siegfried Fink managed to ...

Researchers are working on creating transparent wood that would be a viable alternative to glass and plastic. Tests have shown that transparent wood is three times stronger than Plexiglass and 10 ...

Nosy neighbors, loud kids, barking dogs -- there are plenty of reasons why you might want to put up a screen, fence, or hedge to add privacy to your outdoor space. But these solutions may not always ...