Woodoo, a startup working on alternative materials for various industries, has raised $31 million.The company is manufacturing composite materials based on wood so that they can replace common ...

Turns out, there is — transparent wood. This futuristic material is flexible, moldable, and see-through, just like traditional petroleum plastics.

Made by modifying wood's natural structure, this material has been proposed as a sturdy, eco-friendly plastic alternative. But wood's biodegradability is often sacrificed in the process. Researchers ...

Mar 12, 2020: Flexible electronics made with wood-based nanotechnology (Nanowerk Spotlight) Wood has been traditionally used as lumber or has been deconstructed into elemental fibrils before being ...

Imagine smart materials that can morph from being stiff as wood to as soft as a sponge - and also change shape. Rutgers University-New Brunswick engineers have created flexible, lightweight ...

Recent research has focused extensively on utilizing natural materials such as silk, wood, paper, plant fibers, and biomass for fabricating green electronics. These materials are abundant, low-cost, ...

We’re one step closer to biodegradable gadgets. These computer chips are made almost entirely out of wood. Scientists at the University of Wisconsin, Madison teamed up with the U.S. Department ...

Making sturdy, semi-transparent wood with cheap, natural materials. ScienceDaily . Retrieved July 12, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2025 / 03 / 250326123738.htm ...