Despite our attachment to electronic gadgets, the average office worker still prints out 10,000 sheets of paper every year. Along with other uses of paper, from books to cardboard boxes, 4 billion ...

Developing efficient photoreversible color switching systems for constructing rewritable paper is of significant practical interest owing to the potential environmental benefits including forest ...

Paper often faces a short useful life, with printed products ending up in the trash or recycling bin soon after they’re read. Researchers have worked to reduce this waste by making paper that can be ...

It could mean the end of paper as we know it - and give e-books a run for their money. Experts have revealed a new type of paper that can be erased and rewritten without the need for ink. They say ...

Chemists have fabricated novel rewritable paper, one that is based on the color switching property of commercial chemicals called redox dyes. The dye forms the imaging layer of the paper. Printing is ...

For a society hooked on electronics, we still use a lot of paper. Looks like the dead tree needs an upgrade. Despite our tablets and laptops and smartphones, the paperless office–first predicted in ...

Scientists have created rewritable paper made from redox dyes and a plastic or glass film Yin Lab, UC Riverside Chemists at the University of California Riverside have developed a new type of paper ...

Researchers have developed paper that can be printed with UV light, eliminating the need for ink. The light-printable paper can be erased by heating to 120°C and rewritten more than 80 times. The ...

Inkless / tonerless printers aren't exactly new, but here's a more novel approach: inkless, tonerless, and completely reusable. The PrePeat rewritable printer is exactly that: using special paper made ...

Wouldn’t you love a dollar for every time you heard the phrase “paperless office” being bandied about during the 90s? Unfortunately, it just didn’t happen, did it? On the contrary - as computer and ...