NewsBit by Bit, Microplastics from Tires Are Polluting Our Waterwaysby Griffith UniversityTire wear particles make up 19 out of every 20 microplastics collected in stormwater runoff
NewsMaking Rubbery Materials That Can Take a Beating without Losing Their Bounceby Duke UniversityResearch could pave the way to flexible-yet-durable materials that help cut down on microplastic pollution
NewsRenewable Route to Rubber Materialby King Abdullah University of Science & TechnologyNew research finds a more efficient means of producing butadiene using renewable ethanol
NewsConcrete Using Recycled Tire Rubber Hits the Road to a Circular Economyby RMIT UniversityEngineers replace conventional aggregates with rubber from discarded tires
NewsUsing X-ray CT to Discover the Vibration Damping Mechanismby Toyohashi University of TechnologyTowards the development of next-generation functional rubber materials
NewsTiny Tire Particles Inhibit Growth of Organisms in Fresh Waterby Oregon State UniversityThese studies are critical for developing accurate risk assessments and public policy
NewsA New Theory Lets Us Predict When Soft Materials Will Failby University of Massachusetts AmherstResearch has major implications for polymer engineering and provides insight into natural soft materials
NewsBuilding Blocks for 'Green' Constructionby Flinders UniversityA new kind of rubber polymer can be compressed and heated with fillers to create construction materials of the future
NewsChemists Find New Way to Break Down Old Tires into Material for New Onesby McMaster UniversityNew method addresses the enormous environmental burden posed by tires, approximately 3 billion of which were manufactured and purchased worldwide in 2019
NewsPolymers Pave Way for Wider Use of Recycled Tires in Asphaltby American Chemical SocietyBecause rubber is so resilient, scrap tires persist in the environment for a long time