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 ...

"I've got kids who come up to the cart, and you can't see any skin," she said. Kids wear dozens at a time on their arms. Parents use them as negotiating tools, she said. They give kids bands when they ...

If you've ever needed to draw a perfect circle freehand, you've probably figured out that it's pretty tough to do. How will you make some of the other cool things powered by rubber bands that we've ...

While setting out to fabricate new springs to support a cephalopod-inspired imaging project, a group of researchers stumbled upon a surprising discovery: the hemihelix, a shape rarely seen in nature.

Students stretch pre-cut rubber bands to their lips, stretch the rubber bands, and then allow them to contract. The rubber bands grow warmer as they expand and cool as they contract. To Conduct ...

TOLUCA LAKE (CBS) — Rubber band bracelets in all kinds of shapes and sizes are the hot new fashion trend with lots of kids, but can the popular bracelets pose a danger? "He went to bed one night and ...

Rubber-band powered race cars are a staple of Cub Scout jamborees and third-grade science classrooms, but a group of students at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena have managed one that ...

Sometimes it would be helpful if a 3D printed object could stretch & bend. Flexible filament like TPU is one option, but [NagyBig] designed a simple bracelet to ask: how about embedding rubber bands ...