Researchers have increased the fatigue threshold of particle-reinforced rubber, developing a new, multiscale approach that allows the material to bear high loads and resist crack growth over repeated ...

It's hard to argue with the simplicity and design of a rubber band. I mean, it has a million uses, but at the end of the day it's just a small strip of rubber. How much better could it possibly get?

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!

AKRON—The ACS Rubber Division is accepting submissions for participation in the 200th Technical Meeting and Annual Student Colloquium, both scheduled for Oct. 5-7 in Pittsburgh. Abstracts are due May ...

A rubber seal buried inside the joints of undersea tunnels was designed to hold back the sea for a century. A study from ...

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 ...

If a person hides their own hand and focuses on a rubber hand instead, they may perceive it as part of their own body under certain conditions. What sounds like a gimmick could one day be used to help ...

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 ...

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, ...

Dr. D. Banerjee Centre of Excellence (DBCOE) for Polymer Science and Rubber Technology was inaugurated on the JSS Technical Institution campus here on Wednesday. Rubber technology education, training, ...