Cold weather reduces battery capacity by as much as 50 percent. Simply cranking an engine on during the cold season takes a ...

For nearly a decade, a Phoenix, Arizona-based outfit has been working on a smart replacement for the giant rubber tires that go on heavy mining vehicles – think haul trucks, excavators, and bulldozers ...

Superhydrophobic materials offer a strategy for developing marine anti-corrosion materials due to their low solid-liquid contact area and low surface energy. However, existing superhydrophobic ...

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn.—Hankook Tire has lofty aspirations of becoming a top-five tire manufacturer in the world by 2030. To do that, it will have to make up about half a billion dollars in total tire ...

World War II was a tumultuous moment in history that changed many aspects of life today. One of its more peculiar ramifications is how it changed the way we make rubber tires. This transformation all ...

Need an emergency solution for snow tires? Create a DIY snow tire chain to get you through tough winter conditions when you're in a bind. Using basic materials like rope, metal chains, or even durable ...

A recent North Atlantic mud season became the inspiration for this weekend metalsmithing project. The humble boot scraper was once a fixture outside building entryways. The simplest version deploys a ...

Prism Worldwide CEO Bob Abramowitz said the three biggest challenges of tire recycling are smell, cost, and performance. His comments appeared in a Recycling Today article about the Kirkland, ...

The Cincinnati Reds’ deadline search for a big bat could find the team reuniting with Arizona Diamondbacks third baseman Eugenio Suárez, who played for the Reds from 2015 to 2021. According to ...

Article subjects are automatically applied from the ACS Subject Taxonomy and describe the scientific concepts and themes of the article. CNTs can be categorized into single-walled (SWCNT), consisting ...

Rubber is everywhere in modern vehicles, from tires to timing belts. Eventually, all these items wear out, usually by cracking after countless cycles of stretching and snapping back into shape.

In 2006, Michelin’s laboratories embarked on a journey to develop a non-toxic, high-performance resin solution. This ambition gave birth to ResiCare, a dedicated subsidiary to make this innovation ...