There is a growing concern over the environmental impact of textile production and many waterproof products on the market are prepared with toxic chemicals. This is increasing demand for new ...

Pickups are primarily used as workhorses, but a growing number of people are also using them as lifestyle vehicles. In any ...

A new study from the Corrugated Packaging Alliance, Itasca, Illinois, shows more corrugated boxes are shipped with recyclable alternative coatings than are shipped using traditional wax coatings for ...

While many groups have been developing coatings that allow fabric to be waterproof yet breathable, most of those solutions have incorporated toxic chemicals. Now, however, scientists are getting good ...

To protect graphene from performance-impairing wrinkles and contaminants that mar its surface during device fabrication, MIT researchers have turned to an everyday material: wax. Graphene is an ...

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Conventional wisdom holds that you should always wax your car after washing it to protect its clear-coat layer of paint. But just because it’s conventional wisdom doesn’t mean you should use ...

Anyone who’s ever been apple-picking knows the difference between food off the branch and food off the shelf: A freshly picked apple is matte with dust. It can be scratched, scarred, and pocked with ...