Punching your way out of a paper bag could soon become a lot harder, for researchers in Europe claim to have developed a new kind of paper which is stronger than cast iron.
A team at the Swedish Royal Institute of Technology has produced the "nanopaper" from a biological material found in conventional paper -- cellulose. This long sugar molecule is a principal component of plant cell walls and is the most common organic compound on Earth.
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A team at the Swedish Royal Institute of Technology has produced the "nanopaper" from a biological material found in conventional paper -- cellulose. This long sugar molecule is a principal component of plant cell walls and is the most common organic compound on Earth.
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