When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Paper is a ubiquitous part of everyday life, but how is it made, and where did it originate?

Dedicated September 26, 2001, at the Savannah Pulp and Paper Laboratory (now the Herty Advanced Materials Development Center) in Savannah, Georgia. When Georgia chemist Charles Holmes Herty found a ...