According to new research out of the Technical University of Denmark in Kongens Lyngby, certain types of paper are more dangerous to your unsuspecting fingers than others. | Adobe.com Paper cuts are ...

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We’ve all done it. As you open an envelope or turn the pages of a magazine, the paper’s edge slices into your finger, causing you to wince with pain. While not requiring emergency medical care, a ...

Scientists have figured out what type of paper is the most prone to cut skin. Kaare Jensen, associate professor of physics at the Technical University of Denmark, explains. MARTÍNEZ: Oh, I - some ...

Scientists have finally discovered the ideal -- or, least ideal, depending on how you slice it -- paper that inflicts paper cuts. Tilra - stock.adobe.com Cut! That’s a study. If you’ve ever wondered ...

You're engrossed in a mystery novel, but in your excitement to discover "whodunit," you turn the page too quickly and slice open the skin of your pointer finger. A jolt of pain shoots through the ...

Consider, for a moment, the paper cut. It happens suddenly and entirely unexpectedly, usually just as you are finally getting somewhere on that task you had been putting off. Recall your sense of ...