Interstate Specialty Custom Extruded Rubber Shapes can be made from a wide range of materials with specific profiles to exactly match gasket and seal application ...

Imagine if there were a metallic device that could be transported all squished down into a compact ball, but that would automatically "bloom" out into its useful form when heated. Well, that may soon ...

Using some plain old rubber strips, scientists have created a whole new shape -- a hemihelix, a long spiral that switches twisting directions over its length. The shape, described in the journal PLOS ...

Single prototypes and short production runs are produced quickly without the costs of building conventional molds. Typical parts include shock absorbers, nonskid rugs, buffers for joints, and seals ...

Chemists have made aerogels that have rubber-like elasticity and can "remember" their original shapes. Aerogels are created by replacing liquids with gases in a silica, metal oxide or polymer gel.