Old boxes of wood made from any tree are fine planters ... Paper that stays white when exposed to bright light has been bleached, a process that uses dioxin. This cancer-causing toxin pollutes ...

But even brand-new, a salad-size wooden bowl costs a small fraction of what a ready-made wooden pendant light would cost ... but a glossy Crayola-box tint on your lampshade brings two kinds ...

Scientists have come up with a way to turn a block of linden wood transparent, winding up with a material that could find use in everything from cars to advanced light-based electronics systems.

The UBC-developed super-black wood inherently prevents light from escaping rather ... intricate shapes,” said Dr. Evans. Made from basswood, a tree widely found in North America and valued for hand ...

So leave it to Swedish researchers to figure out a whole new use for all that wood: they’ve made it transparent ... who want to bring more light into their buildings,” says Berglund.