What’s 1,000 times softer than a rubber tire, but holds its shape and is as tough as metal? The answer is nothing – yet. But a soft material with that combination of properties would be extremely ...

(PhysOrg.com) -- Imagine stretching your television to get a larger screen. Now imagine rolling it up in a drawer when you’re done watching it. Futuristic ideas perhaps, but it is something that would ...

As temperatures fire up for summer, you might be looking for new ways to cool off. Why not use rubber bands? The Applied Science YouTube video uses a fun property of stretching and relaxing rubber ...

In the automotive space, there is no shortage of drivers. But as the industry transitions to an electric vehicle landscape, one significant driver has emerged: Sustainability. To that end, OEMs' ...

A Florida man hopes to make it into the record books with his massive rubber band ball. Joel Waul has been twisting, wrapping and stretching rubber bands for years in the hope of building a ...

WITH reference to Mr. Stevens's interesting statements about the stretching of rubber, I think he has overlooked the fact that in a balloon the rubber is stretched simultaneously in both directions, ...