Future notebook paper? Not4rthur/Flickr April 26, 2021 How do people make paper out of trees, and why not use something else? Beverly Law, Oregon State University People have painted on cave walls and written on clay and wax tablets, papyrus and paper made from wood. Could screens replace paper someday?
Fragments of Sappho? The 2014 discovery was of five stanzas of one poem and portions of a second. ('Sappho and Erinna in a Garden at Mytilene,'1864, by Simeon Solomon) February 11, 2021 Lovers of Sappho thrilled by ‘new’ poetry find, but its backstory may have been fabricated C. Michael Sampson, University of Manitoba In 2014, reports of a new discovery of Sappho’s poems were remarkable. New research argues the papyrus had a fabricated backstory.
Papyrus can alleviate pressures on native forest ecosystems. Author supplied March 15, 2017 How to unlock the potential of papyrus wetlands in Africa Michael Jones, Trinity College Dublin and Matthew Saunders, Trinity College Dublin The capacity of woody biomass to provide the energy requirements for sub-Saharan Africa is declining. Papyrus wetlands are a sustainable source of biomass that holds potential to substitute for wood.