Silly putty is stretchy and sticky, and if you're not careful, its ooey-gooey texture can easily get stuck in places you don't want it, like your carpet, couch, and clothes. If you get silly putty ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. It’s easy to dismiss Silly Putty as a kid’s toy. But the ...

Researchers from Trinity College Dublin have combined nanomaterial graphene and the kid's toy Silly Putty, creating a sensor sensitive enough for a range of applications, including measuring spider ...

Silly Putty, the toy ubiquitous in nearly every household and elementary classroom, is the inspiration behind the latest type of wearable sensors. The putty is essentially a polymer, and if combined ...

Graphene, which consists of carbon atoms linked together to form a one-atom-thick sheet, could certainly be described as a wonder material – among other things, it's highly electrically conductive, ...

Scientists in Ireland are using a rather unexpected material to make an extremely sensitive pressure detector: Silly Putty. The Irish researchers combined the kids' plaything with a special form of ...

Graphene is a strong, revolutionary material made of elemental carbon that can be stretched to one-atom thick sheets while maintaining its valuable properties. It conducts heat ten times better than ...

On April 8, Caitlyn Matherne, Southeastern Louisiana University biochemistry student, visited Independence Leadership Academy students. The Chem Demo, provided by Benjamin Wicker and the SLU chemistry ...

Researchers are stretching the possibilities of polymers, breaking new ground in the field of composites with a combination of homemade "Silly Putty" and graphene that yields an extremely sensitive ...