Imagine getting a flat tire, but instead of swapping it out for a new one you just smear on a chemical that makes the rubber meld seamlessly back together. That’s the kind of breakthrough researchers ...

Rubber and metal are usually thought to sit at opposite ends of the stiffness spectrum, but a new composite material developed at Iowa State University could switch from the flexibility of the former ...

Recent investigations into rubber materials have deepened our understanding of the complex interplay between inherent viscoelastic behaviour and progressive aging. Rubber, widely used in applications ...

Metal rubber materials, derived from the entanglement of metallic wires, represent a class of engineered porous composites that combine high elasticity with exceptional damping and load-bearing ...

Rubber parts such as silicone diaphragms, septums, seals, valves, tubing, and balloons are critical components in many of today’s medical devices. FEA can be an excellent tool for design engineers to ...

Nagoya University and the Zeon Corporation have developed a new thermoplastic rubber material, based on a type of ionically-functionalized block polymer called “i-SIS”, with a high impact resistance – ...

A novel green recyclable rubber polymer developed by Australian scientists can help to reduce the ever-growing environmental impact of the traditional non-reusable synthetic and mineral materials used ...

Researchers have created a new, rubber-like material with a unique set of properties, which could act as a replacement for human tissue in medical procedures. The material has the potential to make a ...

Rubber-like materials can exhibit both spring-like and flow-like behaviors simultaneously, which contributes to their exceptional damping abilities. To understand the dynamic viscoelasticity of these ...

Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have created a new, rubber-like material with a unique set of properties, which could act as a replacement for human tissue in medical ...

BRUSSELS — The European Union has included natural rubber on its list of "critical" raw materials for a second time, a move welcomed by the European Tyre & Rubber Manufacturers' Association (ETRMA).

It would certainly be great if the sole of your shoe broke if it could fix itself. What if your tires could repair themselves if punctured while you kept on driving? Researchers at the University of ...