Plastics, Polymers, Rubbers

From staplers to office chairs, car bumpers to airplane seats, and tableware to cargo containers, humans have found an incredible...

A firefighter runs into a burning building to save people trapped inside. A co-worker bails from the meeting where your...

Virtually everything that’s made and sold commercially — from medical devices and medications to floor mops and fan blades —...

We’ve already established heat is the Achilles heel of many types of plastic, and we’ve discussed how heat additives can help...

In the world of polymer science, a single, seemingly small change in a polymer’s molecular structure can have a huge...

“I am rubber, you are glue. Bounce off me and stick to you.” Who hasn’t used that old schoolyard taunt...

Consider that immortal scene in the 1999 comedy hit “Analyze This” when Robert Deniro’s mobster weepily tells his psychiatrist, played...

Cruising through that mega-auction website, you just saw someone paid several hundred dollars for a (now) antique video game console....

Product and materials testing isn’t a one-and-done activity. Even though a product or material has been fully developed and undergone...

Many analytical methods used in polymer testing involve turning a solid sample into a liquid or gas prior to analysis. This...

Plastics are amazingly versatile and useful compounds, but they do have a common Achilles’ heel: heat. Anyone whose kid has...

We’ll never argue that science is simple. In fact, parts of it are so complex that even the experts can...