While nailing the vibe of your favorite throwback kicks, these sneakers encourage optimal foot development for toddlers. Designed in partnership with doctors, they feature a wide toe box, zero-drop ...

Harvard researchers have developed a new way to produce natural rubber that endows the material with higher crack resistance and durability. Natural rubber, one of the world's most widely manufactured ...

Science, founded by Thomas A. Edison in 1880 and published by AAAS, today ranks as the world's largest circulation general science journal. Published 51 times a year, Science is renowned for its ...

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Renato Cordeiro, 57, harvests rubber from a hevea tree (Hevea brasiliensis) near his home - Copyright AFP Pablo PORCIUNCULA Renato Cordeiro, 57, harvests rubber from ...

With each incision made carefully to avoid harming the trunk, the native Amazonian tree begins to drip its latex into a container placed underneath. As it fills, Renato moves on to the next tree. Each ...

Edison, Firestone, Ford, or Rockefeller, the giants of American industry and invention believed one crop could rule them all: natural rubber. Industrialization, subterfuge and war couldn’t gain rubber ...

A decapitated field in Colorado is keeping a secret and holding hope of a new crop. Headless sunflower plants trade beauty for brawn, pumping growth energy toward leaves instead of seed. Inside the ...

A startup that just launched in January appears poised to revolutionize the rubber industry. According to TechCrunch, Paris-based baCta has developed a method to grow natural rubber using engineered ...