We use a massive five trillion plastic bags every year, and they’re in the top five of all plastic products found in the natural environment. However, paper doesn’t fare any better, with many studies ...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — As the world searches for ways to reduce the use of plastics such as single-use plastic bags, a novel study by Penn State researchers demonstrates a process to make paper bags ...

Despite its great strength, Berglund’s “nanopaper” is produced from a biological material found in conventional paper: cellulose. This long sugar molecule is a principal component of plant cell walls ...

(Nanowerk News) Researchers at the University of Maryland recently discovered that paper made of cellulose fibers is tougher and stronger the smaller the fibers get ("Anomalous scaling law of strength ...

CAN’T punch your way out of a paper bag? That wouldn’t be surprising if were made of a new kind of paper that’s stronger than cast iron. The super-strong paper could be used to make tough sticky tape ...

(Nanowerk News) Want to make a super strong material from nanoscale building blocks? Start with the highest quality building blocks, right? Wrong -- at least when working with "flakes" of graphene ...