It’s not really a proper celebration with at least a few balloons. But what about when those balloons are five-to-six stories high? That’s…that’s a big celebration. Macy’s Parade History For millions of Americans...
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Sarah Simonovich
Soft-Robots Heal Themselves with Specialized Rubber
Scientists derive rubbery materials naturally from trees or manufactured synthetically from petroleum. When referring to synthetic rubbers, the term elastomer is used to describe these materials demonstrating useful...
Kendra Kuhar
Petroleum Product of the Week: Raincoats
April showers bring May Flowers… When it rains it pours… Rain, rain go away–come again when I have my raincoat… When I think of the stereotypical raincoat, I immediately think of little Georgie...
Petroleum Product of the Week: Basketballs
March means March Madness for many, many people…which means basketball. This is an entire month dedicated to college basketball; from the second week of March through the first week of April, all we think about...
Kayleigh DeMace
Reinventing the Wheel: Innovative Concept Tire Designs
Long gone are the days where human transportation was limited to, say, a Conestoga wagon pulled by a team of draft horses. In a world full of planes, trains, and various types of automobiles, the human race has learned...
The Trouble With Tires — A Brief History of Synthetic Rubber
Long before it was vulcanized, molded, driven 20,000 miles, and tossed carelessly in the backwoods, rubber was a valued commodity. Native Americans discovered the unique properties of rubber latex some 3 millennia ago;...
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