Gert Heinrich, winner of the 2025 Charles Goodyear Medal, grew up in East Germany during the height of the Cold War—eager to ...

A team at UNC-Chapel Hill has developed a two-step chemical process to break down synthetic rubber under environmentally ...

An eraser isn’t called an eraser by eraser manufacturers. Their name for the little erasers on pencil ends - “plugs!” ...

Traditional methods for breaking down rubber focus on two main approaches: de-vulcanization, which breaks sulfur cross-links but weakens the polymer’s mechanical properties, and cleavage of the ...

The rubber is cured using heat and pressure in a vulcanization chamber, making it resistant to temperature and pressure changes. Once cooled, the hoses are cut to the desired lengths, tested for ...

Traditional methods for breaking down rubber focus on two main approaches: de-vulcanization, which breaks sulfur cross-links but weakens the polymer's mechanical properties, and cleavage of the ...

Continental celebrates 30 years of silica tire technology, improving safety and fuel efficiency across vehicle types.

We've broken it down with examples of popular models. Vulcanization refers to a heat-treatment of rubber to make it more ...