Severe floods in Thailand’s southern region are expected to slash rubber production in the world’s largest producer by up to 90,000 metric tons, a loss valued at 4.5 billion baht ($140 million), the ...

The chemical structure of the elastomers provides them with an inherent hardness that can be altered. The modified hardness is then measured in terms of of durometer (duro) on a Shore scale. Shore A ...

Car tires switched from inner tubes to a tubeless design for safety reasons. Inner tubes were easy to puncture and prone to ...

The material that built the modern world is in crisis. The path to saving it lies not in nostalgia, but in a radical ...

India's rubber industry is poised to thrive amid rising global demand for sustainable rubber, driven by innovative ...

In cities across the country, police departments have attempted to quell unrest spurred by the death of George Floyd by firing rubber bullets into crowds, even though five decades of evidence shows ...

As police clash with protestors over the killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and others, we’ve seen the resurgence of the rubber bullet, an old-school method of crowd control.

If you spend a fair amount of time outdoors, a pair of rubber boots is a necessity year-round. In fall, there are wet leaves to rake and slop-filled gutters to clean. When snow hits the ground, rubber ...

Almost half of the Northern Territory's worn-out tires end up in landfills—with the rest exported interstate for ...

Rubber compounding isn’t quite like other manufacturing environments. It’s a world where chemistry and mechanics come ...