WOOSTER, Ohio -- During World War II, the Soviet Union made tires for its military machine out of rubber extracted from a dandelion that grows in the mountains of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan. The United ...
Rubber, with its diverse uses and unique properties, is integral to modern industrial society. The history of rubber production for the market still shapes our world today A worker collects sap from a ...
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China grows military-grade rubber in Gobi Desert as war reshapes supply chains
Far from China’s traditional tropical plantations, researchers have turned to the Gobi Desert as ...
Well, isn’t this dandy. Tiremaker Continental is developing a new type of rubber made from weeds. The company is looking to industrialize a process where latex produced in the roots of fast-growing ...
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