The paper material is truly plastic-like, apart from all the disadvantages. - Image credit: Isobe et al., Sci. Adv. 11, eads2426 (2025) ...

As with brown paper bags, you can embellish it however you’d like, including adding a wax seal for a chic presentation. Related: How to Store Tissue Paper, Bows, and Other Gift Wrap Supplies 12.

image: A classic origami crane made from paper and coated with Choetsu (left) and uncoated (right). When submerged in water, the coated paper crane keeps its shape while the uncoated one quickly ...

A new biodegradable, transparent paper-based material can hold boiling water and degrades in under a year on the ocean floor. Made from cellulose hydrogel treated with lithium bromide, it can ...