Lab accident at Ecology Coatings leads to method of making paper and other objects that are impervious to water. Images: Ecology's nanospray Michael Kanellos is editor at large at CNET News.com, where ...

Dr. Roberto Cingolani, Scientific Director at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) in Genoa, Italy and his team have created a nanotechnological process that makes paper waterproof, magnetic, ...

A new aqueous compound to functionalize or modify the properties of paper and any other cellulosic material has been patented. The compound uses natural enzymes instead of the traditional chemical ...

Managed by the office retail company KOKUYO, Shop & Café “THINK OF THINGS” in Tokyo now offers high-functional cardboard boxes that are waterproof enough to contain liquid inside called CARTON 2.0.

(Phys.org) -- Researchers at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia in Genoa, led by Roberto Cingolani, have devised a means for connecting cellulose fibers in ordinary paper with nanoparticles resulting ...

A group of Brisbane biotechnologists have invented a way to use the cellulose in unused sugarcane plant material to produce waterproof papers and industrial cardboards. Principal researchers and ...

Q: Where do I place my small Dunkin' Donuts cup (paper) when finished? In the trash or recycle bin? — F.H. in Warwick A: Both the current paper cups used by Dunkin' Donuts and the new double-walled ...

Sally Ramsey, founder of Ecology Coatings, jerry-rigged an apparatus in her lab to show a chemical company representative how rapidly one of Ecology's coatings dries when exposed to ultraviolet light.