When you're joining two boards with glue, you might get a little glue overflow along the joint. Avoid that problem with a bit of tape and a razor blade. To prevent stains caused by oozing glue along ...

No doubt many of you have spent a happy Christmas tearing away layers of wrapping paper to expose some new gadget. But did you stop to spare a thought for the “sticky-back plastic” holding your ...

Ordinarily, adhesive tape either boasts a strong hold or is easy to remove. Drawing inspiration from an ancient paper-cutting technique, however, scientists have now devised a method of combining both ...

3M has introduced a new adhesive tape that can stick to the skin for up to 28 days for use with medical monitors, sensors and wearables — a significant improvement over the industry's standard wear ...

Geckos' feet are right up there with adhesive tape, when it comes to being able to stick to things. Unlike tape, however, those feet retain their adhesive qualities even after many, many uses. Now, ...

KEEP your eye on the shelves of your local hardware store, where in the next few years you may be able to find new tape from an unlikely source: the gecko. “Geckos have millions of microscopic hairs ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BALTIMORE, Md. — There’s nothing worse than ...