Since 2001, when the gene of the compound needed to create rubber was first identified, there has been a lot of pressure on scientists and tire industries to get some traction in the search for ...

The source tree for natural rubber, Hevea brasiliensis, is frequently affected by a bark necrosis syndrome, which has been observed since the 1980s. The disease leads to sharp falls in latex ...

In the middle of this oddest of all odd election seasons, I bought a set of tires for my truck. They were made in Vietnam. This was not my first encounter with Vietnamese rubber products. In 1969 and ...

Microcyclus uleivirtually wiped out the Brazilian rubber industry, and while strict quarantine measures adopted in 1955 continue to protect the rubber industry in southeast Asia (which supplies 93 ...