Ancient Egyptians made an early version of plant-based paper using papyrus — which is where the word "paper" comes from. They removed fibers from the stem of the papyrus plant (Cyperus papyrus ...

Right now, they only have a few samples of paper from their edited trees. Their goal is to produce low-lignin trees for commercial use by 2040. “If we miss a couple deadlines,” Barrangou said ...