Rubber can be extracted from the juice of the dandelion. Yet the decisive breakthrough to industrial manufacturing is proving to be a tough step. Scientists are now building the first ever pilot ...

Last year, I wrote about the role of tires in the movies—and apologies to all you Smokey and the Bandit and Dukes of Hazzard fans out there for not mentioning those tire-punishing entertainments. But, ...

Introduction Ever wonder why rubber bands so easily snap back into place after being stretched? When stretched out, rubber pulls back hard to return to its original shape. It’s pretty resilient stuff!

The ACS Rubber Division presented its 2010 Science & Technology Awards during the division’s 177th Technical Meeting, in Akron, Ohio, in April. Edward N. Kresge, who is retired from ExxonMobil ...

As U.S. citizens this week begin feeling the effects of the nation’s reduced supplies of natural rubber, they will also begin hearing more & more about synthetic rubbers. Shortage or no shortage, ...

More than seven lakh hectares is under rubber tree plantation in India. Currently, rubber growers are facing difficult times with decline in rubber prices, reduced returns and high labour costs. New ...

In an effort to further develop research efforts, the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) has launched a Centre for Rubber Science and Technology at its South Campus. REDISA (Recycling and ...

THE appearancee of a comparatively comprehensive book on rubber science is an event of some importance. The last publication of the kind was Davis and Blake' “Chemistry and Technology of Rubber” (1937 ...

As scrap rubber piled up in reclamation heaps last week, many a citizen wondered how—and even whether—you could separate the rubber from a raincoat. It is possible and simple, explained rubber ...