Any time there's a scientific paper that involves fake rubber limbs, I take notice. The latest is ''That's My Hand! Activity in Premotor Cortex Reflects Feeling of Ownership of a Limb,'' published ...

Researchers have increased the fatigue threshold of particle-reinforced rubber, developing a new, multiscale approach that allows the material to bear high loads and resist crack growth over repeated ...

Introduction Ever wonder why rubber bands so easily snap back into place after being stretched? When stretched out, rubber pulls back hard to return to its original shape. It’s pretty resilient stuff!

If a person hides their own hand and focuses on a rubber hand instead, they may perceive it as part of their own body under certain conditions. What sounds like a gimmick could one day be used to help ...

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The ACS Rubber Division presented its 2010 Science & Technology Awards during the division’s 177th Technical Meeting, in Akron, Ohio, in April. Edward N. Kresge, who is retired from ExxonMobil ...

CLEVELAND—It's that time of year again. Time to make your nominations for the ACS Rubber Division's Science & Technology Awards. Nominations are open now and must be submitted to the Science & ...

More than seven lakh hectares is under rubber tree plantation in India. Currently, rubber growers are facing difficult times with decline in rubber prices, reduced returns and high labour costs. New ...

In an effort to further develop research efforts, the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) has launched a Centre for Rubber Science and Technology at its South Campus. REDISA (Recycling and ...

THE appearancee of a comparatively comprehensive book on rubber science is an event of some importance. The last publication of the kind was Davis and Blake' “Chemistry and Technology of Rubber” (1937 ...

PITTSBURGH—Besides the Charles Goodyear Medal, the ACS Rubber Division named winners for five other awards during its International Elastomer Conference in Pittsburgh. All will be presented at the ...