While I may be a bit biased, modern radial truck tires and retreads are engineering marvels. When properly loaded and inflated, they perform in every environmental and operational condition with a ...

The rubber tree, Hevea brasiliensis, remains the primary commercial source of natural rubber, a versatile biopolymer with unique elasticity and resilience. Central to its economic importance is a ...

The roots of Taraxacum kok-saghyz, a species of dandelion known as TK that has proven to be a valuable alternative to natural rubber trees. Photo credit: Farmed Materials. A tire company is ...

TOKYO — With a goal of doubling natural rubber harvest volumes by 2035, Bridgestone Corp. is planning to invest $26.7 million in the coming five to six years in its natural rubber (NR) plantations in ...

If you’ve read this column for any length of time, then you know I am obsessed with the fact that tires are agricultural products. Natural rubber is a key component in every tire, some more important ...

If you watched the 2022 Indy Car Music City Grand Prix, you might have noticed—between the multitude of crashes, that is—cars running Firestone tires with green stripes. The green denotes the use of ...

Modern transportation depends on natural rubber harvested from a single species of tree, yet almost all of the world’s supply now comes from vast monoculture plantations in Southeast Asia. If a ...

Eleanor Warren-Thomas receives funding from the Natural Environment Research Council/UK Research and Innovation. Antje Ahrends receives funding from the UK Research and Innovation’s Global Challenges ...

Using UAV-based LiDAR data, the model overcomes long-standing challenges in distinguishing individual trees within dense canopies, delivering precise measurements of structural traits such as height, ...