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 ...

Unicharm patented a method to produce conifer-derived pulp fibers for paper by beating material pulp fibers in water and treating them with ozone water. The process involves deriving fibers from ...

Powerful microscopes have allowed researchers to see what exactly holds paper together. Tiny strands of cellulose known as fibril bridges seem to play a crucial role, according to a study published ...

The decline of print newspapers and magazines is a source of concern for journalists, but it also has an impact on the worldwide paper market. After coming to depend on readers to dutifully recycle ...