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The next time you grab a sheet of paper to do your homework, remember that the product you're writing on was once a tree. Most kids know this, but what you may not know is how a tree is turned into ...

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 ...

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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 ...