IT is well known that an oriented crystallization is produced in rubber by stretching. The rubber can be made to crystallize also by a two-dimensional homogeneous dilatation, as in the skin of an ...

IN NATURE of June 10, p. 454, in connection with the attainment of high levels of the atmosphere by sounding or pilot-balloons, Mr. W. H. Dines considers that such balloons would burst before reaching ...

WICHITA, Kansas—Pioneer Balloon Co. has partnered with Advanced Sustainable Polymers Pte Ltd. to manage its natural rubber latex supply chain. The collaboration will begin Jan. 1, according to Pioneer ...

Ordinary balloons that abscond from their owners' chubby little fingers can reach altitudes of up to three kilometres. Rubber balloons may remain intact for many days and can travel thousands of ...

A moderately inflated rubber balloon pricked with a needle bursts into two large fragments. However, if you inflate it until it bursts spontaneously, you get dozens of shreds, new research shows. A ...

It's amazing what can be accomplished with a giant latex balloon. Don't believe me? Just watch Stephen Herron find many creative ways to entertain an audience with a giant purple latex balloon. His ...

What happens in the fraction of a second when a balloon goes POP!? It may seem like a trivial question, but the answer could provide a better understanding of how aneurysms burst and why airplanes ...

THE rips that tear through a rubber balloon when it is popped travel faster than the speed of sound in rubber, creating waves similar to the sonic boom made by an aircraft when it breaks the sound ...