No doubt many of you have spent a happy Christmas tearing away layers of wrapping paper to expose some new gadget. But did you stop to spare a thought for the “sticky-back plastic” holding your ...

Adhesive tape fulfills many purposes, from quickly fixing household appliances to ensuring a reliable seal on a mailed package. When using tape with a strong bond, removing it may only be possible by ...

Stuck on you: The new UV tape is able to transfer 2D materials, including graphene and transition metal dichalcogenides such as MoS2, onto a range of different substrates, including ceramic, glass and ...

It was a ground-breaking eureka moment of modern-day science which all came about thanks to a sliver of sticky tape and a simple lump of graphite, a naturally occurring form of carbon. On a quiet ...

HOUSTON – (July 14, 2020) – Where things get sticky happens to be where interesting science happens in a Rice University lab working to improve battery technology. Using techniques similar to those ...

There’s a certain patience required for studying sticky tape. Sure, sometimes experiments require peeling, but other times, researchers must simply sit around and wait for the adhesive to fail. These ...

Origami artists can turn paper into all manner of ingenious objects. It’s unlikely, though, that anyone has tried to make a functioning medical lab that way – until now. With the help of some bits of ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Narrator: Duct tape can hold just about anything together. We use it for all sorts of repairs and even as a decorative addition to various arts and crafts. But what ...