As the backlash against single-use plastic packaging grows, the market for paper packaging is increasing—but the demand for paper also means more logging, some of which still happens in old-growth ...
Experion MX is a quality control system (QCS) designed to help paper makers easily improve their paper quality while reducing maintenance and service costs. By integrating with the vendor's Experion ...
Paper is typically made from cellulose fibers derived from wood, and wood isn't plentiful in places where there aren't many trees. In the near future, however, that may not be a problem, as scientists ...
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 ...
Every fall in Coralville, the University of Iowa's Center for the Book hosts one of only two mulberry harvests by ...
Dr. Roberto Cingolani, Scientific Director at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) in Genoa, Italy and his team have created a nanotechnological process that makes paper waterproof, magnetic, ...
Using CRISPR to genetically edit trees could dramatically cut the energy footprint of the paper industry. Making paper is both energy and water intensive, says Jack Wang at North Carolina State ...
Is it possible to make paper without trees? Australian entrepreneurs Kevin Garcia and Jon Tse were determined to find out. They spent a year researching a possible alternative that could serve as a ...
The latest short science news items from C&EN. Lignin, left over after cellulose fibers are removed from wood to make paper, contains a mix of aromatic compounds that chemists have found ways to ...
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