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Tag: tires

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…

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…

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.…