According to a report from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Census Bureau, overall housing starts decreased 1.8% in November to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.29 million units.
New recyclable adhesives can be easily adapted for medical, consumer, and industrial applications. Uses include surgical superglue that could be a game-changer for fetal surgeries.
Engineers at UC Berkeley have discovered a new chemical strategy that overcomes the instability of polymers derived from alpha-lipoic acid, opening the door for new adhesive technologies.
SEBS materials offer resistance to environmental conditions, ozone attack, and high temperature without undergoing degradation compromising chemical structure integrity and end-use application performance.
Afera, the European Adhesive Tape Association, has released a new guidance document, "Sustainable use of Adhesive Tapes," as part of the work undertaken by the Advocacy Workstream of Afera’s Flagship Sustainability Project.
The final EPA rules ban all uses of TCE, all consumer uses and many commercial uses of PCE, and require worker protections for all remaining uses under the Toxic Substances Control Act.