Rubber! It starts out as a goopy material harvested from special trees, and is then processed into a resilient, flexible material used for innumerable important purposes. In the vast majority of ...

Throughout its nearly 100-year manufacturing history, the crack resistance of natural rubber—one of the world's most widely used biomaterials—hasn't improved much. Until now. Materials researchers at ...

Vietnam’s initiatives: Latex from a rubber tree being collected in a container. Companies are encouraged to reuse treated water and use solar power in estates as a processing factory requires a large ...

Chairman of the National Rubber Producers, Processors, and Marketers Association of Nigeria (NARPPMAN) in Cross River State, Rev. Inameti Umoh, has called on all levels of government in Nigeria and ...

KUALA LUMPUR: A comprehensive and systematic approach to reorganise smallholder rubber farmers into a federation, coupled with replanting of higher-yielding rubber tree varieties, will be critical for ...