Researchers have developed mushroom bricks and windows made of transparent wood

[Chris Smith]

• Researchers looking to craft construction materials that are more environment-friendly have come up with bricks made of mushrooms and windows built with transparent wood.
• The mushroom bricks are light, sturdy, and great insulators, according to a simple experiment.
• Separately, researchers from the University of Maryland came up with a new process to make transparent wood harder than glass.

The world was stopped in its tracks last year when an invisible particle started wreaking havoc across the globe. Initial covid restrictions have been lifted and adapted throughout the past year, but the world has still been dealing with variations of COVID-19 lockdowns since the coronavirus pandemic first started. The more time people spent at home, the more many worried they might not be able to make rent or afford that home. The pandemic initiated an economic crisis that, just like the illness, has yet to be resolved. But others have been thinking about housing in different ways, looking for materials that could improve the homes of the future. These materials might be more friendly to the environment and more efficient, like the mushroom bricks that could replace concrete and transparent wood that would make for better windows.

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