Scientists have developed a battery made mostly from paper and activated by water that they think can help clean up the disposable battery waste stream. The battery was made from paper immersed in ...

Scientists at Germany’s Chemnitz University of Technology have spent years developing compact and discreet speakers that are quite literally paper thin, and the latest breakthrough improves on this ...

There are only a few truly ancient engineered materials, and among the oldest is paper. Traditionally, paper is flat and can be bent into shapes. However, paper can be molded into for example packing ...

To make light-weight, inexpensive electronics using renewable materials, scientists have turned to a technology that is almost 2,000 years old: paper. In an important step toward paper-based devices, ...

In the past, vellum described a writing surface made from animal hides. The vellum was sometimes slightly transparent, and that use of the term remains in use today. Vellum, a favorite paper among ...

I’m part of the generation that saw the rise—and near demise—of the printer. I was a high school junior when we first got an ...