Paper is a ubiquitous part of everyday life, but how is it made, and where did it originate? Ancient Egyptians made an early version of plant-based paper using papyrus — which is where the word "paper ...

Processing wood into paper requires a lot of water, energy, and chemicals. Creapaper mixes in grass, reducing the need for trees—and all the resources necessary to process them. As the backlash ...

Lab accident at Ecology Coatings leads to method of making paper and other objects that are impervious to water. Images: Ecology's nanospray Michael Kanellos is editor at large at CNET News.com, where ...

Most scholars cite the invention of paper as occurring in AD 105 when an eunuch in the Han court named Cai Lun created a papermaking process that was reported to the Chinese Emperor by Ts’ai Lun, an ...

Imagine being able to create incredibly tiny structures with the same ease and sustainability as printing on paper. This is the frontier of microfabrication—the process of making microscopic ...

(Nanowerk News) Scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a pollen-based ‘paper’ that, after being printed on, can be ‘erased’ and reused multiple times ...

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