A while back I looked at lubricants for the home shop, with an eye to the physics and chemistry behind lubrication. Talking about how to keep parts moving got me thinking about the other side of the ...

You put a lot of effort into cutting clean miters and coping tricky corners, yet the wrong glue choice can quietly undo that work and leave your baseboards gapping or popping away from the wall. The ...

When I first started getting into 3D printed projects that would require final assembly from multiple parts, I wanted to make sure I had an adhesive that would really hold up. I couldn’t imagine ...

What can be better or stronger than Super Glue? Scientists say there is a natural adhesive that's much stronger than the hardware glue we are used to. A scientific breakthrough now. NPR's Jon Hamilton ...

Consumer Reports no longer updates this product category and maintains it for archival purposes only. Glue makers have enlisted snarling rhinos, glaring gorillas, and sumo wrestlers to tout their ...

Jonathan Wilker swivels in his chair and sweeps his hand around the room. “There’s the computer, the book bindings, the furniture, shoes, the carpet, all the packaging and boxes, plywood, the walls,” ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A non-toxic glue modeled after adhesive proteins produced by mussels and other creatures has been found to out-perform commercially available products, pointing toward potential ...

Since plastic packaging accounts for a large fraction of plastic waste, the demand for environmentally friendly packaging ...