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The article discusses a light-emitting display created from ordinary paper by researcher Ludvig Edman and his team from Umeå University in Sweden. Emphasis is given to topics such as alternatives to LED lighting, tagging goods to automatically light up when close to their expiration date, and identifying packages.

The article discusses the 75 million-dollar investment being undertaken by forestry cooperative Södra in Sweden at its Mörrum plant, with the chip plant and wood room lines to go into operation in March 2016 while the pulp line to start-up in December 2015. It describes what sets Mö apart, which is its ability to produce textile pulp, otherwise known as dissolving pulp.

Reports on the approval of genetically modified (GM) potatoes for planting in Sweden. Use of the crop to produce starch for paper; Suitability of starch derived from potatoes for paper production; Reaction of the general public regarding the decision of the government on GM crops.

The article focuses on the research by Eva Malmstrom and coworkers at Royal Institute of Technology, which shows that filter paper can be turned into a water-resistant cleaning material. The team employed a process known as atom transfer radical polymerization to graft the fiber surfaces with a superhydrophobic fluorinated polymer layer.