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Scientists have been long puzzled by something small that can cause a lot of harm. The paper cut. By wondering which certain types of paper provide paper cuts, one team of physicists at the Technical ...

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The scraping slice from an errant page of A4 doesn’t break the skin, but it can be extremely painful. Why? Paper seems completely harmless, but anybody who has refilled a photocopier or thumbed too ...