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Hina Aoyama

Insanely fine paper cutting art. Not much information to be gleaned by the non-Japanese speaker, either on the main site, nor on Hiroshi’s blog, which is where I found it — but there’s lots more in this Flickr slideshow…

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Carbon-based paper has extravegant promises made on its behalf

It’s Super Paper! — Berardelli 2007 (725): 2 — ScienceNOW Researchers have developed a remarkably simple way to convert ordinary graphite particles into very thin but superstrong sheets that are tougher than steel and as flexible as carbon fiber but … more…

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The paper trail grows a little longer

CHINA’S claim to have invented paper was strengthened yesterday when archaeologists announced a discovery that suggests it was in use at least 100 years earlier than thought. A scrap of paper made from linen fibre was found by archaeologists picking … more…

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