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POWER, wood, and water are the essentials of modern paper making, and the greatest of these is water. The sheet on which these words are printed was once almost fluid, a fragile web of fibrous ...

Using CRISPR to genetically edit trees could dramatically cut the energy footprint of the paper industry. Making paper is both energy and water intensive, says Jack Wang at North Carolina State ...