Many people know that most of Germany’s army trucks, armored cars, gun carriages and motorcycles roll on synthetic rubber. Fewer people are aware that throughout U. S. industry for some time synthetic ...

A group of French researchers announced today that they’d invented a new form of rubber that “heals” when cut in half. Made of rubber and a component in urine, the rubber represents the gold standard ...

These rubbers include grades suitable for service at temperatures to 250°C and having maximum resistance to oils and greases. Some are considered specialty materials and are quite expensive. Neoprene ...

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 ...

Thomas Alva Edison in a fringed muffler, Mrs. Edison, four servants, a dozen laboratory assistants and five carloads of laboratory gear & raw materials, all rolled southward last week from New Jersey ...

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (KATV) — Hot Springs is home to America's largest rubber band manufacturer. Alliance Rubber Company is a family owned and operated business. The company supplies a vast amount of ...