When homeowners around Northeast Ohio see dandelions sprouting this time of year, they usually start thinking of ways to get rid of the weed. A clever few realized that the dandelion could be used in ...

Flexible electronics—including wearable devices, stretchable sensors, and soft robotics—require materials that integrate mechanical flexibility, stretchability, and durability with additional ...

There's no truer axiom than "everything is relative," a play on Albert Einstein's theory of relativity. And the rubber and tire industry is a perfect example of this. There's no doubt that rubber and ...

In today’s world, natural rubber is a critical component of developed economies — it remains impossible to drive a car, fly a plane or fight a war without it. However, because it is ubiquitous in our ...

Some natural latexes are the main ingredient for extracting natural rubber, a raw material that is indispensable for all kinds of industries and essential in the manufacture of surgical gloves, ...

While I may be a bit biased, modern radial truck tires and retreads are engineering marvels. When properly loaded and inflated, they perform in every environmental and operational condition with a ...

Natural rubber, derived predominantly from the latex of Hevea brasiliensis, is renowned for its remarkable elasticity, resilience and tensile strength. Its unique performance stems from a complex ...

In 2004, the History Channel's "Modern Marvels" series aired an episode dedicated to one of the world's most critical natural resources. "Some experts contend that rubber is the fourth most critical ...

It seemed particularly apt at IRC ‘96 to present the life history of natural rubber on what was almost exactly 500 years to the day (11 June 1496) that Christopher Columbus returned from his second ...