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Transparent paper-based material can hold boiling water and degrade in deep ocean in under a year

A team of biomaterial engineers, environmental resource specialists and industrial design researchers affiliated with a host of institutions across Japan has developed a biodegradable material that is ...
Nature

Transparent nanofibre paper

A type of paper that has the thermal properties of glass but is flexible, foldable and optically transparent has been fabricated by scientists in Japan (Adv. Mater. 21, 1595–1598; 2009). The key to ...