Paper is a ubiquitous part of everyday life, but how is it made, and where did it originate? Ancient Egyptians made an early ...

The history of paper, much like the history of humanity itself that it would go on to chronicle, was an evolutionary process. Writing systems evolved first on clay tablets before ancient Egyptians ...

How do people make paper out of trees, and why not use something else? – Cooper H., age 6, St. Louis, Missouri Paper is an important part of modern life. People use it in school, at work, to make ...

Conventional breeding of trees takes time, but CRISPR gene editing should help speed things up. Now, scientists at North Carolina State University have used CRISPR to adjust the genomes of poplar ...

The expensive, energy-intensive process of turning wood into paper costs the pulp and paper industries more than $6 billion a year. Much of that expense involves separating wood's cellulose from ...

Doc's got his eyes pretty wide open when it comes to claims about the environment made by anyone, let alone a paper company. But I did find interesting a blog entry over at Going Green. Peter Nowach, ...