Building Blocks for 'Green' Construction
A new kind of rubber polymer can be compressed and heated with fillers to create construction materials of the future
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Chemists Find New Way to Break Down Old Tires into Material for New Ones
New method addresses the enormous environmental burden posed by tires, approximately 3 billion of which were manufactured and purchased worldwide in 2019
Polymers Pave Way for Wider Use of Recycled Tires in Asphalt
Because rubber is so resilient, scrap tires persist in the environment for a long time
An Eco-Friendly Way to Improve Rubber
Collecting the gases produced during the composting and combining it with rubber can make optimized electronic sealants and sensors
Flexible 'Skin' Can Help Robots, Prosthetics Perform Everyday Tasks by Sensing Shear Force
New material mimics the way a human finger experiences tension and compression as it slides along a surface or distinguishes among different textures
How Rubber Makes Sports Possible (Video)
Learn about rubber, the all-star's best friend, in this new video from Reactions just in time for kickoff
Researchers Invent Process to Make Sustainable Rubber, Plastics
Manmade materials could get a lot greener soon, thanks to the ingenuity of a team of scientists from three U.S. research universities
Turning Food Waste into Tires
Eggshells, tomato peels add strength to sustainable rubber
Dandelions Could Be a Sustainable Source of Rubber
Currently, rubber trees that grow on plantations in Thailand, Indonesia, and Malaysia take years to grow
Scientists Make Self-Healing Rubber
No more flat tires?